The clinical effectiveness and safety of prophylactic retinal interventions to reduce the risk of retinal detachment and subsequent vision loss in adults and children with stickler syndrome: A systematic review

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1-68

  Carroll, C ^a   Papaioannou, D ^a   Rees, A ^a   Kaltenthaler, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGON LASER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRYOTHERAPY; EPIPHORA; EYELID DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LASER COAGULATION; LID SWELLING; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; RETINA DETACHMENT; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; STICKLER SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARTHRITIS; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; CRYOTHERAPY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VITREOUS DETACHMENT;

EID: 79960751503     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta15160     Document Type: Review

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