Midterm reversible failure in trabeculectomies with adjunctive mitomycin-C

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 986-991

  Kasahara, Niro ^a,b,d,e   Smith, Thomas J ^a,c,d   Sibayan, Santiago A ^a,b,d   Montenegro, Martha H ^a,c,d   Simmons, Ruthanne B ^a,c,d   Simmons, Richard J ^a,c,d  

^a Glaucoma Research Foundation   (United States)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031469303     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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