Factors associated with elevated complication rates after partial- thickness or full-thickness glaucoma surgical procedures in the United States during 1994

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1165-1169

  Coleman, Anne L ^a,c   Yu, Fei ^b   Greenland, Sander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCLERA DISEASE; TRABECULOPLASTY; UNITED STATES; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0031709160     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)97014-2     Document Type: Article

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