25-, 23-, or 20-gauge instrumentation for vitreous surgery?

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1263-1266

  Williams, G A ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNULA; CATARACT; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EYE INJURY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; LENSECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PROGNOSIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA TEAR; SCLERECTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY;

EID: 54249142174     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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