Vitrectomy and Release of Presumed Epipapillary Vitreous Traction for Treatment of Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Associated with Partial Posterior Vitreous Detachment

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 340-344

  Modarres, Mehdi ^a,b   Sanjari, Mostafa Soltan ^a,b   Falavarjani, Khalil Ghasemi ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR VISION TEST; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MALE; NONARTERITIC ANTERIOR ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY EFFECT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

ADHESIONS; ADULT; AGED; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; VITREOUS DETACHMENT;

EID: 33846473590     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.07.063     Document Type: Article

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