Cataract extraction as a means of treating postfiltration hypotony maculopathy

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 241-243

  Sibayan, Santiago Antonio B ^a,b   Igarashi, Sachiko ^a   Kasahara, Niro ^a   Montenegro, Martha H ^a   Simmons, Richard J ^a   Simmons, Ruthanne B ^a   Smith, Thomas J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULOPATHY; TRABECULECTOMY; TRABECULOPLASTY;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FILTERING SURGERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPOTENSION; RETINAL DISEASES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030970752     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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