Macula Hole Surgery: Simple or Complex?

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 381-383

  Gaudric, Alain ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLIANT BLUE; DYE; FLUOROCARBON; INDOCYANINE GREEN; SILICONE OIL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRIAMCINOLONE; TRYPAN BLUE;

AIR; EDITORIAL; GAS; HEAD POSITION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VITRECTOMY;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DRAINAGE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; PRONE POSITION; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; SILICONE OILS; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 59749090462     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.10.018     Document Type: Editorial

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