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SUBMITTER: Yorston D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3272182 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yorston D D Siddiqui M A R MA Awan M A MA Walker S S Bunce C C Bainbridge J W JW
Eye (London, England) 20110923 2
<h4>Background</h4>To gather information on the effect of postoperative face-down posturing following combined phacoemulsification and vitrectomy for macular hole surgery in order to assist in the design of a larger definitive study.<h4>Methods</h4>Thirty phakic patients with stage II-IV full-thickness macular hole had combined phacoemulsification and pars plana vitrectomy with internal limiting membrane peel and 14% perfluoropropane (C(3)F(8)) gas. At the conclusion of surgery, patients were ra ...[more]