Polyglactin sutures versus nylon sutures for scleral flap suturing in trabeculectomy

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 554-559

  Raina, Usha K ^a,b   Tuli, Deven ^a   Mehta, D K ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NYLON; POLYGLACTIN; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCLERA; SUTURE; TRABECULECTOMY;

ANTERIOR CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYLONS; POLYGLACTIN 910; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032864587     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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