Intraoperative breakage of a disposable 23-gauge trocar tip

Retinal Cases and Brief Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-51

  Udoetuk, Joshua D ^a   Javey, Golnaz ^a   Carvounis, Petros E ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakage; Small gauge vitrectomy; Trocar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CASE REPORT; CILIARY DISK; CONJUNCTIVAL PERITOMY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TROCAR; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84878067472     PISSN: 19351089     EISSN: 19371578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICB.0b013e3182618d85     Document Type: Article

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