The 'Deroofing' of schlemm's canal in patients with open-angle glaucoma through placement of a collagen drainage device

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 216-226

  Welsh, N H ^a   DeLange, J ^a,c   Wasserman, P ^a   Ziemba S L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Regulatory Aff and Clin Research

^c c/o STAAR Surgical Company ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHLEMM CANAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNICAL AID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; COLLAGEN; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SCLEROSTOMY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031917319     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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