23-gauge sutureless vitrectomy and 20-gauge vitrectomy: A case series comparison

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1187-1191

  Misra, A ^a   Ho Yen, G ^a   Burton, R L ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intraocular pressure; Operating time; Transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

PERFLUTREN; SILICONE OIL; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA TEAR; SAFETY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DISEASES; VITRECTOMY; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65949121616     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.175     Document Type: Article

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