Association of the preoperative photoreceptor layer defect as assessed by optical coherence tomography with the functional outcome after macular hole closure: A long follow-up study

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-54

  Grigoropoulos, Vlassis G ^a   Theodossiadis, George P ^a   Theodossiadis, Panagiotis G ^b  

^a HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Full thickness macular hole; Inner segment outer segment defect; Optical coherence tomography; Photoreceptor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTORECEPTOR; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; THICKNESS; VISUAL ACUITY;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETINAL PHOTORECEPTOR CELL INNER SEGMENT; RETINAL PHOTORECEPTOR CELL OUTER SEGMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 77955545336     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000316120     Document Type: Article

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