Successful treatment of persistent macular holes using "heavy silicone oil" as intraocular tamponade

Retina

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 905-908

  Rizzo, Stanislao ^a,b   Belting, Claudia ^a   Genovesi Ebert, Federica ^a   Cresti, Federica ^a   Vento, Andrea ^a   Martini, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY SILICONE OIL; OCTAFLUOROPROPANE; OXANE HD; SILICONE OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; EYE TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE PEELING; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POSTURE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; SILICONE OILS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33749646125     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.iae.0000250006.76155.3d     Document Type: Article

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