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Fluid/Gas Exchange in Vitreous Surgery

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Basic and Advanced Vitreous Surgery

Part of the book series: FIDIA Research Series ((FIDIA,volume 2))

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In the past decade there have been many innovations and improvements in the field of vitreo-retinal surgery. New vitrectomy instruments, along with the intraocular SF6 and C3F8 gas and silicone oil, have permitted surgical correction of vitreo-retinal diseases previously felt untreatable. However, as a result we are now faced with increasingly complicated operations, with more complicated postoperative courses.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 27710, USA

    Maurice B. Landers III, David Robinson, Karl R. Olsen & Jeff Rinkoff

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  1. The Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA

    George W. Blankenship

  2. First University Eye Clinic, Wien, Austria

    Susanne Binder

  3. Hôpital Ophtalmologique, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Michel Gonvers

  4. Fondazione Oftalmologica “G. B. Bietti”, Roma, Italy

    Mario Stirpe

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Landers, M.B., Robinson, D., Olsen, K.R., Rinkoff, J. (1986). Fluid/Gas Exchange in Vitreous Surgery. In: Blankenship, G.W., Binder, S., Gonvers, M., Stirpe, M. (eds) Basic and Advanced Vitreous Surgery. FIDIA Research Series, vol 2. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3881-0_63

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