Advantages of using newly developed quartz contact lens with slit illumination from operating microscope

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 169-171

  Kiyokawa, Masatoshi ^a   Sakuma, Toshiro ^a   Hatano, Noriko ^a   Mizota, Atsushi ^a   Tanaka, Minoru ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY URAYASU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Quartz contact lens; Slit illumination; Vitreoretinal surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE SURGERY; ILLUMINATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; QUARTZ CONTACT LENS; REFRACTION INDEX; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; VISUAL FIELD; VITRECTOMY;

CONTACT LENSES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MICROSCOPY; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; QUARTZ; SCLERAL BUCKLING; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 67349225069     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-007-9181-3     Document Type: Article

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