25-Gauge vs 20-gauge system for pars plana vitrectomy: A prospective randomised clinical trial

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 945-948

  Kellner, Lukas ^a   Wimpissinger, Barbara ^a   Stolba, Ulrike ^a   Brannath, Werner ^b   Binder, Susanne ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; VITRECTOMY; WOUND CLOSURE;

EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34347363102     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.106799     Document Type: Article

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