The use of topical aqueous suppressants in the prevention of postoperative intraocular pressure elevation after pars plana vitrectomy with long-acting gas tamponade

Ophthalmology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 588-592

  Mittra, Robert A ^a,b   Pollack, John S ^a,c   Dev, Sundeep ^a,d   Han, Dennis P ^a   Mieler, William F ^a,e   Pulido, Jose S ^a,f   Connor, Thomas B ^a  

^a EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Retina Associates of Cleveland   (United States)

^c Illinois Retina Associates   (United States)

^d VitreoRetinal Surgery   (United States)

^e CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APRACLONIDINE; BRIMONIDINE; DORZOLAMIDE; EYE DROPS; TIMOLOL MALEATE;

ARTICLE; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SCLEROTOMY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TAMPON; TREATMENT INDICATION; VITRECTOMY;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CLONIDINE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUINOXALINES; SULFONAMIDES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; THIOPHENES; TIMOLOL; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 0034080833     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)00083-4     Document Type: Article

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