T-shaped scleral buckle for macular detachments in high myopes

Retina

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 177-180

  Devin, Francois ^a   Tsui, Irena ^b   Morin, Bruno ^a   Duprat, Jean Paul ^a   Hubschman, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a Orbital and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Unit   (France)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; CHOROID DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA, DEGENERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; SCLERAL BUCKLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651356000     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3181fc7e73     Document Type: Article

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