Fixation stability, fixation location, and visual acuity after successful macular hole surgery

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-89

  Tarita Nistor, Luminita ^a,b   González, Esther G ^a,b,c   Mandelcorn, Mark S ^c   Lillakas, Linda ^a,b   Steinbach, Martin J ^a,b,c  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROPERIMETER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIMETER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; AGED; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA TEAR; VISUAL FIELD; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERIMETRY; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 58249085917     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2342     Document Type: Article

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