Combined 25- and 23-gauge surgery: A new sutureless vitrectomy technique

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-348

  Hubschman, J P ^a,b   Gonzales, C R ^a   Bourla, D H ^a   Gupta, A ^a   Schwartz, S D ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANNULA; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; INCISION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY; CATHETERIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; SUTURING METHOD;

CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 34547667230     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20070701-16     Document Type: Article

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