Spontaneous closure of macular holes developed after pars plana vitrectomy

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-42

  Tsilimbaris, Miltiadis K ^a   Gotzaridis, Stratos ^a   Charisis, Spyridon K ^a   Kymionis, Georgios ^a   Christodoulakis, Emmanouil V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Macular hole; Spontaneous closure; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CILIARY DISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DETACHMENT SURGERY; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA SURGERY; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 33847685650     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: 17445205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08820530601182576     Document Type: Article

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