Transconjunctival sutureless 25-gauge versus 20-gauge standard vitrectomy: Correlation between corneal topography and ultrasound biomicroscopy measurements of sclerotomy sites

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-25

  Avitabile, Teresio ^a   Castiglione, Francesco ^a   Bonfiglio, Vincenza ^a   Castiglione, Filippo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

20 gauge pars plana vitrectomy; 25 gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy; Corneal shape changes; Corneal topography; Ultrasound biomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BIOMICROSCOPY; CILIARY DISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; VITRECTOMY; ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCLERA; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; ASTIGMATISM; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA; SCLEROSTOMY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VITRECTOMY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 75649140944     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181ab98ae     Document Type: Article

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