Enhancement of post trabeculectomy bleb formation by laser suture lysis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 624-627

  Singh, J ^a   Bell, R W D ^a   Adams, A ^a   O'Brien, C ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FILTRATION; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; LYSIS; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURE; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 0029781233     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.80.7.624     Document Type: Article

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