Outcomes following 25-gauge vitrectomies

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1024-1028

  Faia, L J ^a   McCannel, C A ^a   Pulido, J S ^a   Hatfield, R M ^b   Hatfield, M E ^b   McNulty, V E W ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Retina Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 50449096073     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702819     Document Type: Article

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