Surgical revision of failed filtering bleb with mitomycin C

Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 516-519

  Hara, Takeshi ^a,b   Shirato, Shiroaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Mitomycin C; Surgical revision; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ARTICLE; CHOROID DETACHMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRABECULECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FILTERING SURGERY; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030969528     PISSN: 00290203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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