Improvement of visual acuity in eyes with diabetic macular edema after treatment with pars plana vitrectomy

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 218, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 378-384

  Jahn, Claus E ^a   Von Schütz, Kerstin Töpfner ^a   Richter, Joachim ^a   Boller, Jürgen ^b   Kron, Martina ^c  

^a Augenpraxisklinik Dr Jahn   (Germany)

^b Praxis Dr Boller ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diabetic macular edema; Diabetic retinopathy; Epiretinal membrane; Internal limiting membrane peeling; Pars plana vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 9244232367     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080940     Document Type: Article

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