Early postoperative macular morphology and functional outcomes after successful macular hole surgery

Retina

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-168

  Miura, Gen ^a   Mizunoya, Satoshi ^a   Arai, Miyuki ^a   Hayashi, Masanori ^a   Yamamoto, Shuichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Macular hole; Morphology; Optical coherence tomography; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; HUMAN; INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE PEELING; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETINA CYST; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA SURGERY; SUBRETINAL FLUID; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 33846984603     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.iae.0000224941.26720.55     Document Type: Article

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