Results of trabeculectomy with 0.3 mg/ml mitomycin C titrating exposure times based on risk factors for failure

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-44

  Stone, Robert T ^a   Herndon, Leon W ^b,c   Allingham, R Rand ^b   Shields, M Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Mitomycin C; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL RISK; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031917252     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-199802000-00008     Document Type: Article

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