Surgical treatment of lamellar macular hole associated with epimacular membrane

Retina

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1783-1790

  Casparis, Heather ^a   Bovey, Etienne H ^a  

^a HÔPITAL OPHTALMIQUE JULES GONIN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

epimacular membrane; epiretinal membrane; gas tamponade; indocyanine green; internal limiting membrane; lamellar macular hole; macular surgery; membrane peeling; pars plana vitrectomy; posterior vitreous detachment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY TREATMENT DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LAMELLAR MACULAR HOLE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; ENDOTAMPONADE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 80053344009     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e31820a6818     Document Type: Article

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