Surgeon age and operative outcomes for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: A 3-year nationwide population-based study

Eye

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 290-296

  Ho, J D ^a,b   Kuo, N W ^b   Tsai, C Y ^c,d   Liou, S W ^c,d,e   Lin, H C ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Outcome; Pars plana vitrectomy; Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment; Scleral buckling; Surgeon age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CILIARY DISK; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RHEGMATOUS RETINA DETACHMENT; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 77049128267     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.99     Document Type: Article

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