Heads-Up Macular Surgery with a 27-Gauge Microincision Vitrectomy System and Minimal Illumination

Case Reports in Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 265-269

  Kunikata, Hiroshi ^a   Abe, Toshiaki ^a   Nakazawa, Toru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

27 Gauge vitrectomy; Epiretinal membrane; Heads up surgery; Macular hole; Phototoxicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRAOCULAR ILLUMINATOR; MICROSCOPE; OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; PHOTOTOXICITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETINA; RETINA CELL; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 85000956248     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16632699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000452993     Document Type: Article

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