Vitrectomy without postoperative posturing for idiopathic macular holes

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 458-461

  Rubinstein, Adrian ^a   Ang, Alan ^a   Patel, Chetan Kantibhai ^a  

^a OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Face down posturing; Gas tamponade; Macular hole; OCT

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA TEAR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRONE POSITION; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 34547435804     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01532.x     Document Type: Article

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