Does 23-gauge sutureless vitrectomy modify the risk of postoperative retinal detachment after macular surgery? A comparison with 20-gauge vitrectomy

Retina

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 902-908

  Le Rouic, Jean Francois ^a   Becquet, Frank ^a   Ducournau, Didier ^a  

^a Sourdille Clinic   (France)

Author keywords

20 gauge; 23 gauge; complication; epiretinal membrane; macular hole; retinal detachment; Vitrectomy; vitreomacular traction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROBABILITY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SCLEROTOMY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SURGICAL RISK; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 79955563187     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3182069aa4     Document Type: Article

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