Foveoschisis after vitrectomy for myopic macular hole with secondary retinal detachment

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2124-2125

  Shukla, D ^a   Dhawan, A ^a  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FOVEOSCHISIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MYOPIA; MYOPIC MACULAR HOLE; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULOPATHY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETINOSCHISIS; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 70450211172     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.405     Document Type: Letter

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