The National Survey of Trabeculectomy. I. Sample and methods

Eye

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 524-530

  Edmunds, Beth ^a   Thompson, John R ^b   Salmon, John F ^c   Wormald, Richard P ^d  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; National survey; Trabeculectomy; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; PATIENT SELECTION; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0032823527     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1999.131     Document Type: Article

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