Single night postoperative prone posturing in idiopathic macular hole surgery

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 456-460

  Malik, Arshed ^a   Dooley, Ian ^a   Mahmood, Usman ^a  

^a WATERFORD REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Idiopathic macular hole; Internal limiting membrane peel; Perfluoroethane internal tamponade; Postoperative prone posturing; Trans pars plana vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ETHANE; HEXAFLUOROETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE PEEL; INTRAOCULAR GAS TAMPONADE; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PRONE POSTURING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANS PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

AGED; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; ENDOTAMPONADE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRONE POSITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 84863313034     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/ejo.5000039     Document Type: Article

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