Combination of vitrectomy, IVTA, and laser photocoagulation for diabetic macular edema unresponsive to prior treatments; 3-year results

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 250, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 679-684

  Kim, Yun Taek ^a   Kang, Se Woong ^b   Kim, Sang Jin ^b   Kim, Sung Min ^b   Chung, Song Ee ^b,c  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Doctor Lee's Eye Clinic   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Macular edema; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DISEASE COURSE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; LASER COAGULATION; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 84862907417     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-011-1888-1     Document Type: Article

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