Postoperative retinal break after 25-gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy: Report of four cases

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 155-157

  Okuda, Tetsuhiko ^a   Nishimura, Akira ^a   Kobayashi, Akira ^a   Sugiyama, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

25 gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy; Macular hole; Retinal break

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; JAPAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA TEAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURING METHOD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

CONJUNCTIVA; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 34248647894     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0354-y     Document Type: Article

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