Efficacy of vitrectomy and internal limiting membrane removal for macular edema associated with branch retinal vein occlusion

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 172-176

  Arai, Miyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Shuichi ^a,c   Mitamura, Yoshinori ^a   Sato, Eiju ^a   Sugawara, Takeshi ^a   Mizunoya, Satoshi ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY CHIBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branch retinal vein occlusion; Internal limiting membrane peeling; Macular edema; Pars plana vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; BRANCH RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL LIMITING MEBRANE REMOVAL; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THERAPEUTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 58649114488     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000197113     Document Type: Article

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