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. 2003 Jul;87(7):921-2.

doi: 10.1136/bjo.87.7.921.

Treatment of retinal folds using a modified macula relocation technique with perfluoro-hexyloctane tamponade

E N Herbert, C Groenewald, D Wong

PMID: 12812903
PMCID: PMC1771762
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.7.921

Case Reports

Treatment of retinal folds using a modified macula relocation technique with perfluoro-hexyloctane tamponade

E N Herbert et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 2003 Jul.

. 2003 Jul;87(7):921-2.

doi: 10.1136/bjo.87.7.921.

Authors

E N Herbert, C Groenewald, D Wong

PMID: 12812903
PMCID: PMC1771762
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.7.921

No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Fundus photograph showing macula fold before surgical correction (A), and 7 weeks after correction (B).

Figure 2
Perfluorohexyloctane displaces subretinal fluid anteriorly, putting the retina on stretch, and ironing out the fold.

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