Scleromalacia following trabeculectomy with intraoperative mitomycin C

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-65

  Akova, Yonka A ^a,b,c   Koc F ^a   Yalvac I ^a   Duman, S ^a  

^a Cornea and External Diseases Unit ^*  (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Turan Gunes Bulvari   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complications; Mitomycin C; Scleromalacia; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA DISEASE; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; TRABECULECTOMY; TRAUMATIC CATARACT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0032902968     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067219900900110     Document Type: Article

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