Heavy silicone oil (Densiron-68) for the treatment of persistent macular holes

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 247, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1471-1476

  Rizzo, Stanislao ^a,b   Genovesi Ebert, Federica ^a   Vento, Andrea ^a   Cresti, Federica ^a   Miniaci, Sofia ^a   Romagnoli, Maria Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Densiron 68; Heavy silicone oil; Pars plana vitrectomy; Persistent macular hole

Indexed keywords

SILICONE OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA HOLE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONE OILS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 70349868195     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-009-1131-5     Document Type: Article

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