American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 140, Issue 5 , Pages 952-954 , November 2005

Management of Severe Hypotony with Intravitreal Injection of Viscoelastic

  • Gian Marco Tosi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York USA
    • Department of Ophthalmology and Neurosurgery, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
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  • William Schiff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York USA
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  • Gaetano Barile, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York USA
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  • Norihiko Yoshida, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York USA
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  • Stanley Chang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationInquiries to Stanley Chang, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, New York Presbyterian Hospital, 635 West 165th St, New York, NY10032; fax: 212-305-5962

,Accepted 1 June 2005.

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 Pharmacia donated the viscoelastic used. Pharmacia had no involvement in any of the following: design or conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis or interpretation of data; preparation, review or approval of the manuscript.

PII: S0002-9394(05)00703-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.06.019

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 140, Issue 5 , Pages 952-954 , November 2005

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