Scleral buckling surgery for retinal detachment

References

Citations

  1. American Academy of Ophthalmology Committee on Ophthalmic Procedure Assessment (1996). The repair of rhegmatogenous retinal detachments. Ophthalmology, 103(8): 1313–1324.

  2. Hardy RA, Shetlar DJ (2004). Retina. In P Riordan-Eva, JP Whitcher, eds., Vaughan and Ashbury's General Ophthalmology, 16th ed., pp. 189–211. New York: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill.


Author: Jeannette Curtis Last Updated: September 14, 2007
Medical Review: Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Christopher J. Rudnisky, MD, FRCSC - Ophthalmology

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