Retinal Detachment: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

retinal detachment, retinal detachment symptoms, retinal detachment diagnosis, retinal detachment treatment, RD, critical eye emergency, rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, exudative retinal detachment, serous retinal detachment, tractional retinal detachment, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, ocular trauma, traumatic detachments, posterior vitreous detachment, vitreous hemorrhage

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Gregory L Larkin, MD, MS, MSPH, FACEP, Professor of Surgery, Associate Director of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Section of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine
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