Late hypotony after cataract extraction due to a scleral fistula: A technique for surgical correction

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 140-143

  Laroche, Daniel ^a,b   McGowan, Bernard ^c   Greenfield, David ^a,b   Liebmann, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Ritch, Robert ^a,b  

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

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c McGowan Eye Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; FISTULA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FISTULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OCULAR HYPOTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SCLERAL DISEASES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031937061     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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