Anatomic and visual outcomes of vitrectomy for lamellar macular holes

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 418-424

  Witkin, Andre J ^a   Castro, Leonardo C ^a   Reichel, Elias ^a   Rogers, Adam H ^a   Baumal, Caroline R ^a   Duker, Jay S ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CILIARY DISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 77955866890     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20100426-04     Document Type: Article

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