Vitrectomy for floaters: Prospective efficacy analyses and retrospective safety profile

Retina

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1062-1068

  Sebag, Jerry ^a,b   Yee, Kenneth M P ^a,b   Wa, Christianne A ^a,b   Huang, Laura C ^a,c   Sadun, Alfredo A ^b  

^a VMR Institute   (United States)

^b DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataracts; Contrast sensitivity; Floaters; Minimally invasive vitrectomy; Myopic vitreopathy; PVD; Retinal detachment; Visual function questionnaire; Vitreous; Vitreous opacities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CANNULA; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FREIBURG ACUITY CONTRAST TESTING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MYOPIA; MYOPIC VITREOPATHY; NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE VISUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT; VITREOUS FLOATERS; AGED; COMPLICATION; EYE DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURING METHOD;

AGED; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS DETACHMENT;

EID: 84901590531     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000000065     Document Type: Article

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