Modified needle drainage. A safe and efficient technique of subretinal fluid drainage in scleral buckling procedure

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 211-214

  Azad, Rajvardhan ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a   Sharma, Yog Raj ^a   Rajpal, ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Conventional drainage; Modified needle drainage; Retinal detachment; Subretinal fluid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MODIFIED NEEDLE DRAINAGE; NEEDLE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; SUBRETINAL FLUID; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BODY FLUIDS; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; NEEDLES; RETINA; SCLERAL BUCKLING;

EID: 5344234741     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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