Outcomes of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) versus perfluoroethane (C2F6) gas tamponade for non-posturing macular-hole surgery

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-188

  Rahman, Rubina ^a   Madgula, Indira ^a   Khan, Kamron ^a  

^a CALDERDALE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAFLUOROETHANE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTAMPONADE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; NON POSTURING MACULAR HOLE SURGERY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL DISEASE; PUPILLARY CAPTURE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SURGICAL APPROACH; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOTAMPONADE; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONE OILS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 84856048550     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.201699     Document Type: Article

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