Natural history of foveolar lucencies observed by optical coherence tomography after macular hole surgery

Retina

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-100

  Mahmoud, Tamer H ^a,b   Mccuen II, Brooks W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foveal cyst; Foveal detachment; Foveolar lucency; Indocyanine green; Internal limiting membrane; Intraocular tamponade; Macular hole; Optical coherence tomography; Perfluoropropane; Sulfur hexafluoride

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN; OCTAFLUOROPROPANE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOVEAL LUCENCY; GAS; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TAMPON; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

AGED; COLORING AGENTS; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 33846220988     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.iae.0000223758.17543.49     Document Type: Article

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