Schlemm's canal implant: A new method to lower intraocular pressure in patients with POAG?

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 492-494

  Spiegel, Detlev ^a   Kobuch, Karin ^b   Hill, Richard A ^b   Gross, Ronald L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FISTULA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHLEMM CANAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRABECULECTOMY;

GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SILICONE ELASTOMERS;

EID: 0033068049     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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