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Treatment of Retinal Detachment from Inferior Breaks with Pars Plana Vitrectomy

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  1. Servicio de Oftalmologia, Hospital Vall d’ Hebron, Paseo Vall d’ Hebron, 119 - 121, Barcelona, Spain

    Vicente Martinez-Castillo & Anna Boixadera

  2. Instituto de Microcirugía Ocular, C/ Munner no 10, 08022, Barcelona, Spain

    Jose Garcia-Arumi

  3. C/ Sta Teresa 70 2o 1a, 08172, Sant Cugat, Spain

    Miguel A. Zapata

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  1. Department of Vitreo-retinal Surgery, Center for Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Kerpener Straße 62, 50924, Cologne, Germany

    Bernd Kirchhof MD (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    David Wong MD (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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Martinez-Castillo, V., Garcia-Arumi, J., Boixadera, A., Zapata, M.A. (2007). Treatment of Retinal Detachment from Inferior Breaks with Pars Plana Vitrectomy. In: Kirchhof, B., Wong, D. (eds) Vitreo-retinal Surgery. Essentials in Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33670-9_10

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