Preoperative study of the inner segment/outer segment junction of photoreceptors by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography as a prognostic factor in patients with epiretinal membranes

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 1467-1470

  Cobos, E ^a   Arias, L ^a   Ruiz Moreno, J M ^b,c   Rubio, M J ^a   Garcia Bru, P ^a   Caminal, J M ^a   Catala Mora, J ^a   Arruga, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c Alicante   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epiretinal membrane; Inner segment outer segment junction; Photoreceptors; Spectral domain optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHOTORECEPTOR INNER SEGMENT; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 84880609593     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S44837     Document Type: Article

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