Evaluation of Wound Closure in Oblique 23-gauge Sutureless Sclerotomies With Visante Optical Coherence Tomography

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Taban, Mehran ^a   Sharma, Sumit ^a   Ventura, Alexandre A C M ^a   Kaiser, Peter K ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEVICE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROTOMY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 57549096545     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.07.046     Document Type: Article

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