Long-term study of vascular perfusion effects following arteriovenous sheathotomy for branch retinal vein occlusion

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Muqit, Mahiul M K ^a,b   Saidkasimova, Shohista ^c   Keating, David ^d   Murdoch, John R ^c  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Branch vein occlusion; Collateral circulation; Sheathotomy; Vascular perfusion

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; BRANCH RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINAL VEIN; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 77951759625     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.01877.x     Document Type: Article

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