Nd:YAG laser for Ahmed tube shunt occlusion by the posterior capsule

Ophthalmic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-70

  Tessler, Zvi ^a   Jluchoded, Sergay ^a   Rosenthal, Gideon ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS CAPSULE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUBE;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 0031043733     PISSN: 0022023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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