Residual triamcinolone acetonide at macular hole after vitreous surgery

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 232-234

  Kumar, Atul ^a   Sinha, Subijay ^a   Gupta, Anoop ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Internal limiting membrane peeling; macular hole; triamcinolone

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA TEAR; VITRECTOMY;

CHILD; CRYSTALLIZATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 77954703779     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.62650     Document Type: Article

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