Late-onset bleb leaks after glaucoma filtering surgery

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 443-447

  Greenfidd, David S ^a   Liebmann, Jeffrey M ^a   Jee, Jimmy ^b   Ritch, Robert ^c  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c New York Eye and Ear Infirinaiy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; FLUOROURACIL; GENTAMICIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; MITOMYCIN C; NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN B;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FILTERING OPERATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 0031916590     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.4.443     Document Type: Article

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