Results of medical management and mitomycin C-augmented excisional bleb revision for encapsulated filtering blebs

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 276-284

  Mandal, Anil K ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FILTERING OPERATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MITOMYCIN; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033043883     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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