Long-term surgical outcomes after vitrectomy for symptomatic lamellar macular holes

Retina

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1743-1748

  Lee, Sung J ^a   Jang, Sun Y ^a   Moon, Darachui ^a   Choi, Kyung S ^a   Jung, Gi Y ^a,b  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^b Jung's Eye Clinic   (South Korea)

Author keywords

internal limiting membrane peeling; lamellar macular hole; membranectomy; surgical treatment; vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMELLAR MACULAR HOLE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; ENDOTAMPONADE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 84866937299     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3182551c3c     Document Type: Article

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