Additional gas injection after failed macular hole surgery with internal limiting membrane peeling

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 214-219

  Iwase, Takeshi ^a   Sugiyama, Kazuhisa ^b  

^a TOYAMA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Failure macular hole; Internal limiting membrane; Macular hole; Sulphurhexa fluoride injection; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS; HUMAN; INJECTION; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; NEEDLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; COLORING AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRONE POSITION; RETINA; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 34147092483     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01455.x     Document Type: Article

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