Faster recovery after 25-gauge microincision vitrectomy surgery than after 20-gauge vitrectomy in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1925-1930

  Sato, Tatsuhiko ^a   Emi, Kazuyuki ^a   Bando, Hajime ^a   Ikeda, Toshihide ^a  

^a OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

25 gauge vitrectomy; Diabetic retinopathy; Microincision vitrectomy surgery; Postoperative recovery; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

20 GAUGE MICROINCISION VITRECTOMY; 25 GAUGE MICROINCISION VITRECTOMY; ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE TAMPONADE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LENS IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECOVERY PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 84870283976     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S37864     Document Type: Review

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