Primary vitrectomy with Densiron-68 for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 246, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1541-1546

  Romano, M R ^a   Stappler, T ^a   Marticorena, J ^a   Groenewald, C ^a   Pearce, I ^a   Gibran, S K ^a   Wong, D ^a   Heimann, H ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heavy silicon oil; Perfluorohexyloctane; Primary inferior; Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment; Semifluorinated alkanes

Indexed keywords

DENSIRON 68; SILICONE OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMULSION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEGMATOGENOUS RETINAL DETACHMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VITRECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONE OILS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54049101587     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-008-0894-4     Document Type: Article

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