Vitrectomy without face-down posturing for idiopathic macular holes

Retina

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 918-921

  Nadal, Jeroni ^a   Delas, Barbara ^b   Piñero, Ana ^b  

^a Macula Unit   (Spain)

^b Barraquer Ophthalmology Clinic   (Spain)

Author keywords

gas tamponade; internal limiting membrane; macular hole; postoperative posturing

Indexed keywords

TRYPAN BLUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BODY POSTURE; CILIARY DISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; COLORING AGENTS; ENDOTAMPONADE; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRONE POSITION; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TRYPAN BLUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 84860841201     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e318229b20e     Document Type: Article

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