Commentary Open Access
Volume 1 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/Ophthalmology.1.001
Macular Microcirculation after Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Repair Evaluated by OCT-Angiography
Evita Evangelia Christou1,*, Maria Stefaniotou1
- 1University Ophthalmology Clinic, University of Ioannina, Faculty of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
Corresponding Author
Evita Evangelia Christou, evitachristou@gmail.com
Received Date: May 20, 2021
Accepted Date: June 21, 2021
Christou EE, Stefaniotou M. Macular Microcirculation after Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Repair Evaluated by OCT-Angiography. Arch Clin Ophthalmol. 2021;1(1):1-7.
Copyright: © 2021 Christou EE, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords
Macular microvascularity, Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, Macula-off, Pars plana vitrectomy, Gas, Silicone oil
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