A randomized controlled trial of alleviated positioning after small macular hole surgery

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 150-155

  Tadayoni, Ramin ^a   Vicaut, Eric ^a   Devin, Franois ^b   Creuzot Garcher, Catherine ^c   Berrod, Jean Paul ^d   Le Mer, Yannick ^e   Korobelnik, Jean Franois ^f   Aout, Mounir ^a   Massin, Pascale ^a   Gaudric, Alain ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b Centre Paradis Monticelli   (France)

^c DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^e Fondation Opthtalmologique Rothschild ^*  (France)

^f BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SUPINE POSITION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; CATARACT; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRONE POSITION; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 78650813117     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.04.040     Document Type: Article

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