Diabetic vitrectomy: The influence of lens status upon surgical outcomes

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-247

  Bhatnagar, Pawan ^a   Schiff, William M ^a,b   Barile, Gaetano R ^a  

^a Edward S Harkness Eye Institute ^*  (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Cataract extraction; Diabetes; Diabetic vitrectomy; Lens; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

CAPSULOTOMY; CATARACTOGENESIS; CILIARY DISK; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMAN; LENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 42149098349     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3282fc25f3     Document Type: Review

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