Safety of vitrectomy for floaters

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 995-998

  Tan, H Stevie ^a   Mura, Marco ^a   Lesnik Oberstein, Sarit Y ^a   Bijl, Heico M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHOROID HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA TEAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT; VITREOUS FLOATERS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 79957575330     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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