Outcomes and complications of 25-gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 76-80

  Ozone, Daisuke ^a   Hirano, Yoshio ^a   Ueda, Jiro ^a   Yasukawa, Tsutomu ^a   Yoshida, Munenori ^a   Ogura, Yuichiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Proliferative diabetic retinopathy; Surgical results; Transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy; Twenty five gauge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGED; CONJUNCTIVA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY, PROLIFERATIVE; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 80955173845     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: 14230267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328407     Document Type: Article

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