New algorithm for assessing patient suitability for macular translocation surgery

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 448-457

  Uppal, Gurmit ^a   Milliken, Andrew ^a   Lee, John ^a   Acheson, James ^a   Hykin, Phil ^a   Tufail, Adnan ^a   da Cruz, Lyndon ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Case selection; Translocation surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIMETRY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA TRANSLOCATION; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34547482467     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01528.x     Document Type: Article

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