Silicone oil tamponade in 23-gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy

Retina

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1054-1058

  Oliveira, Leonardo Bruno ^a,b,c,d   Reis, Pedro Augusto Costa ^c  

^a Hospital de Olhos Brasil Central   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Olhos de Uberaba   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

23 gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy; Diabetic retinal tractional detachment; Giant retinal tear; Intraocular tamponade; Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR); Retinal detachment; Silicone oil

Indexed keywords

SILICONE OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA TEAR; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SILICONE OILS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 37349000924     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e318113235e     Document Type: Article

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