Lack of toxicity during long-term follow-up of intraocular metallic fragments after pars plana vitrectomy

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 319-322

  Harper, Tom W ^a   Flynn Jr , Harry W ^a   Berrocal, Audina ^a,c   Thompson, John T ^b   Parel, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Retina Specialists   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; STAINLESS STEEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CAPSULOTOMY; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CILIARY DISK; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; LENS IMPLANT; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE FOREIGN BODIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINA; STAINLESS STEEL; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 51349126172     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20080701-08     Document Type: Article

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