Is posterior scleral reinforcement sufficient for the treatment of myopic foveoschisis?

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 429-430

  Kang, Min Hye ^a   Morgan, William H ^a   Balaratnasingam, Chandrakumar ^a   Anastas, Con ^b   Yu, Dao Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; MYOPIA; MYOPIC FOVEOSCHISIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR SCLERAL REINFORCEMENT; VITRECTOMY;

HUMANS; MYOPIA, DEGENERATIVE; RETINOSCHISIS; SCLERAL BUCKLING;

EID: 77954630526     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02287_1.x     Document Type: Letter

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