Learning curve of the scleral buckling operation: Lessons from the first 97 cases

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-29

  Sagong, Min ^a   Chang, Woohyok ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment; Scleral buckle; Surgery, learning curve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCLERAL BUCKLING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549085397     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000233232     Document Type: Article

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