A randomised prospective comparison of operative peripheral iridectomy and Nd:YAG laser iridotomy treatment of acute angle closure glaucoma: 3 year visual acuity and intraocular pressure control outcome

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 884-888

  Fleck, B W ^a,b   Wright, E ^a   Fairley, E A ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; IRIDOTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030776173     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.10.884     Document Type: Article

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