Trends and outcomes of treatment for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: A 9-year nationwide population-based study

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 669-675

  Ho, J D ^a   Liou, S W ^a,b,c   Tsai, C Y ^b,d   Tsai, R J F ^a   Lin, H C ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Pars plana vitrectomy; Retinal detachment; Scleral buckling; Trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CILIARY DISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITALIZATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETINAL DETACHMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; RECURRENCE; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SCLERAL BUCKLING; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 62549160346     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6703105     Document Type: Article

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