Pars plana vitrectomy for disturbing primary vitreous floaters: Clinical outcome and patient satisfaction

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 251, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1373-1382

  De Nie, Karlijn F ^a   Crama, N ^a   Crama, Maurits A D ^a   Klevering, B Jeroen ^a   Boon, C J F ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complication rate; Pars plana vitrectomy; Patient satisfaction; Vitreous floaters

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTACT LENS; CRYOCOAGULATION; ENDOLASER; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EYE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; LENS GAUGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE VISUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCOTOMA; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT; VITREOUS FLOATERS; VITREOUS OPACITY; EYE DISEASE; EYE REFRACTION; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84884178365     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-012-2205-3     Document Type: Article

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