A quality of life study comparing scleral buckle and pneumatic retinopexy for the treatment of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

Affiliations

Angela C Gauthier et al. Clin Ophthalmol. 2017.

. 2017 Jun 6:11:1069-1071.

doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S137227. eCollection 2017.

¹ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

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