Pars plana vitrectomy with peripheral retinotomy after injection of preoperative intravitreal tissue plasminogen activator: A modified procedure to drain massive subretinal haemorrhage

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-198

  Oshima, Y ^a   Ohji, M ^b   Tano, Y ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FLUOROCARBON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINOTOMY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOROID DISEASES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRONE POSITION; RETINA; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 33846815357     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.101444     Document Type: Article

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