A free retinal pigment epitheliumchoroid graft in patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration: Results up to 7 years

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Van Zeeburg, Elsbeth J T ^a,b   Maaijwee, Kristel J M ^b   Missotten, Tom O A R ^b   Heimann, Heinrich ^d   Van Meurs, Jan C ^b,c  

^a Rotterdam Ophthalmic Institute   (Netherlands)

^b ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CHOROID HEMORRHAGE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FREE AUTOLOGOUS RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM CHOROID GRAFT TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; HYPOTONY MACULOPATHY; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PERIMETRY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA TEAR; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TISSUE GRAFT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREORETINOPATHY;

EID: 83555176178     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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