title: Pneumatic retinopexy for the management of impending macular hole: an optical coherence tomography study.
abstract: The intravitreal injection of an expansile gas bubble can relieve vitreofoveal traction and be used as an outpatient-based procedure for impending macular hole. We present a case in which this procedure was successfully employed and demonstrated with spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging.
authors.affiliation: King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS, UK. gupta_bhaskar@yahoo.com
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Dominic
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McHugh
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D058449:Intravitreal Injections; D008875:Middle Aged; D005741:Noble Gases / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012160:Retina; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013459:Sulfur Hexafluoride / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D020255:Vitreous Detachment / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D005741:Noble Gases; D013459:Sulfur Hexafluoride