Unsealed sclerotomy after intravitreal injection with a 30-gauge needle

Retina

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 810-812

  Rodrigues, Eduardo B ^a,b   Meyer, Carsten H ^a   Schmidt, Jörg C ^a   Hoerle, Steffen ^a   Kroll, Peter ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Klinik fuer Augenheilkunde   (Germany)

Author keywords

30 gauge incision; Intravitreal injection; Unsealed sclerotomy; Vitreous incarceration

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CILIARY DISK; HUMAN; NEEDLE; RETINA MACULA HEMORRHAGE; SCLEROTOMY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PUNCTURES; SCLEROSTOMY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VITREOUS BODY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 6344276560     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200410000-00025     Document Type: Article

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