Experience with 25-gauge transconjunctival vitrectomy compared to a 20-gauge system. Analysis of 132 cases;Étude comparative de la vitrectomie transconjonctivale sans suture à 25-gauges avec celle à 20-gauges. À propos de 132 interventions

Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1025-1032

  Romero, P ^a,b   Salvat, M ^a   Almena, M ^a   Baget, M ^a   Mendez I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SANT JOAN DE REUS   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Sutureless vitrectomy; Transconjunctival vitrectomy; TSV 25

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; TRANSCONJUNCTIVAL SUTURELESS VITRECTOMY; UVEITIS; VITRECTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONJUNCTIVA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 33751572172     PISSN: 01815512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0181-5512(06)73891-8     Document Type: Article

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