Late removal of releasable sutures after trabeculectomy or combined trabeculectomy with cataract extraction supplemented with antifibrotics

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-81

  Tezel, Gülgün ^a   Kolker, Allan E ^a,b   Kass, Michael A ^a   Wax, Martin B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifibrotic; Combined surgery; Releasable suture; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SPONGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TRABECULECTOMY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031967647     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-199804000-00002     Document Type: Article

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