Treatment of hyperfiltering blebs with Nd:Yag laser-induced subconjunctival bleeding

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 380-383

  Bettin, Paolo ^a   Carassa, Roberto G ^a   Fiori, Marina ^a   Brancato, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autologous blood injection; Filtering bleb; Glaucoma surgery; Hypotony

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SAFETY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; EYE HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPOTENSION; SCLERA; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033278293     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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