Revision of dysfunctional filtering blebs by conjunctival advancement with bleb preservation

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 574-579

  Catoira, Yara ^a   WuDunn, Darrell ^a   Cantor, Louis B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INJURY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033760979     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00653-X     Document Type: Article

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