Iatrogenic retinal breaks during 20-gauge vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-33

  Kamura, Yumi ^a   Sato, Yukihiro ^b   Deguchi, Yuzou ^c   Yagi, Fumihiko ^c  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY SAKURA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

20 gauge vitrectomy; Iatrogenic retinal breaks; Postoperative complications; Proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE DISEASE; EYE LAVAGE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FIBROVASCULAR PROLIFERATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROINCISION VITREOUS SURGEY; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT; VITREOUS DISEASE; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84871724154     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S38784     Document Type: Article

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