Releasable Suture Technique for Trabeculectomy

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-41

  Thomas, Ravi ^a   Jacob, Pushpa ^a   Braganza, Andrew ^a   Mermoud, André ^b   Muliyil, Jayaprakash ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Mitomycin C; Releasabie suture; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURING METHOD; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031083522     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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