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Statement of the German Ophthalmological Society (DOG), the Retinological Society (RG) and the Professional Association of Ophthalmologists in Germany (BVA) on the timing of treatment of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

Dated October 2020

Stellungnahme von DOG, RG und BVA zur zeitlichen Planung der Versorgung einer rhegmatogenen Amotio retinae

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    German Society of Ophthalmology (Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft, DOG)

    German Retina Society e. V. (Retinologische Gesellschaft e. V., RG)

    Professional Association of German Ophthalmologists in Germany (Berufsverband der Augenärzte Deutschlands e. V., BVA)

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    German Society of Ophthalmology (Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft, DOG)., German Retina Society e. V. (Retinologische Gesellschaft e. V., RG). & Professional Association of German Ophthalmologists in Germany (Berufsverband der Augenärzte Deutschlands e. V., BVA). Statement of the German Ophthalmological Society (DOG), the Retinological Society (RG) and the Professional Association of Ophthalmologists in Germany (BVA) on the timing of treatment of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Ophthalmologe 118 (Suppl 2), 132–134 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00347-021-01440-2

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