Comparison of the efficacy of ER-YAG laser sclerostomy ab externo versus trabeculectomy in the treatment of patients with primary open - Angle glaucoma;Ab externo-Erbium-YAG-lasersklerostomie versus konventionelle trabekulektomie: Die behandlung von glaukompatienten

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 537-541

  Spiegel, Detlev ^a,d   Wetzel, Wolfgang ^b   Birngruber, Reginald ^c  

^a Klin Poliklin F Augenheilkunde

^b Chirurgisches Augenzentrum Weinheim

^c MEDICAL LASER CENTER LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Er YAG laser; Glaucoma; Sclerostomy; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID DETACHMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRIS DISEASE; LASER SURGERY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROSTOMY; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031720487     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003470050312     Document Type: Article

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