Outcomes of macular hole surgery and shortened face down positioning

Retina

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 902-904

  Wickens, Jason C ^a,b   Shah, Gaurav K ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES RETINA INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTAFLUOROPROPANE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; GAS TAMPONADE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE PEELING; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; REOPERATION; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRONE POSITION; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 33749595965     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.iae.0000233338.56252.44     Document Type: Review

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