Rate of sclerotomy suturing in 23-gauge primary vitrectomy

Retina

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 679-683

  Duval, Renaud ^a,b   Hui, Joanna M ^b   Rezaei, Kourous A ^a,b,c  

^a Llinois Retina Associates   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CILIARY DISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTONY MACULOPATHY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SCLEROTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT INDICATION; VITRECTOMY NEEDLE; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR; ENDOTAMPONADE; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA; SCLEROSTOMY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VITRECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897577422     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3182a48972     Document Type: Conference Paper

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