Pneumatic displacement of submacular hemorrhage due to age-related macular degeneration

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-61

  Ron, Yonina ^a   Ehrlich, Rita ^b   Axer Siegel, Ruth ^b   Rosenblatt, Irit ^b   Weinberger, Dov ^b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Pneumatic displacement; Submacular hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

OCTAFLUOROPROPANE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; GAS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PNEUMATIC DISPLACEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA HEMORRHAGE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PRESSURE; PRONE POSITION; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33845903046     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096524     Document Type: Article

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