Surgical Outcomes for Patients who Develop Macular Holes After Pars Plana Vitrectomy

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1077-1080

  Kumagai, Kazuyuki ^a   Ogino, Nobuchika ^a   Furukawa, Mariko ^b   Larson, Eric ^c   Uemura, Akinori ^d  

^a Shinjo Ophthalmologic Institute   (Japan)

^b Kami iida Daiichi General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Miyazaki Prefectural Nursing University   (Japan)

^d Kagoshima City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VITRECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 43949143134     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.01.030     Document Type: Article

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