Sutureless vitrectomy: Evolution and current practices

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 318-324

  Fabian, Ido Didi ^a   Moisseiev, Joseph ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; XENON;

ASTIGMATISM; CANNULA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE DISCOMFORT; EYE INFLAMMATION; FLUID FLOW; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA HOLE; REVIEW; SCLEROTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURING METHOD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCONJUNCTIVAL SUTURELESS VITRECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TROCAR; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY;

CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 79952026004     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.176495     Document Type: Review

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