Pneumatic displacement of submacular hemorrhage: Safety, efficacy, and patient selection

Retina

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 329-334

  Gopalakrishan, Mahesh ^a   Giridhar, Anantharaman ^a   Bhat, Savita ^a   Saikumar, Seshadri Jenardhanan ^a   Elias, Anna ^a   N, Sandhya ^a  

^a Giridhar Eye Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Intravitreal gas; Submacular hemorrhage; Tissue plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

OCTAFLUOROPROPANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA TEAR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESSURE; PRONE POSITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 33947150538     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.iae.0000231544.43093.40     Document Type: Article

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