Optic disc pit maculopathy treated with vitrectomy, internal limiting membrane peeling, and gas tamponade: A report of two cases

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 324-326

  Georgalas, Ilias ^a   Petrou, Petros ^b   Koutsandrea, Chrysanthi ^b   Papaconstadinou, Dimitris ^b   Ladas, Ioannis ^b   Gotzaridis, Eustratios ^a  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Optic disc pit; Retinal detachment; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TRYPAN BLUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; EYE GAS TAMPONADE; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE PEELING; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC DISK PIT MACULOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SUBRETINAL FLUID; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT; BODY POSTURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EYE MALFORMATION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EYE ABNORMALITIES; HUMANS; MALE; OPTIC DISK; PRONE POSITION; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 65249167082     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210901900230     Document Type: Article

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