Silicone oil retention sutures in aphakic eyes with iris loss

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1596-1599

  Gentile, Ronald C ^a   Eliott, Dean ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE OIL; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRIS DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ANIRIDIA; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; APHAKIA; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPROPYLENES; PROLAPSE; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SILICONE OILS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES;

EID: 78650081372     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.300     Document Type: Article

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