The concept of heavy tamponades - Chances and limitations

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 246, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1217-1224

  Joussen, Antonia M ^a   Wong, David ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Intraocular tamponade agents; PFCL; Retina

Indexed keywords

FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; FLUOROCARBON; SILICONE OIL;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMULSION; EYE INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; INTERFACE PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE DENSITY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA TEAR; REVIEW; VISCOSITY; VITREORETINOPATHY;

ANIMALS; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; RETINAL DISEASES; SILICONE OILS; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 48449083201     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-008-0861-0     Document Type: Review

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