Bleb reduction and bleb repair after trabeculectomy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 712-718

  La Borwit, Scott E ^a   Quigley, Harry A ^a   Jampel, Henry D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPOTENSION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRABECULECTOMY; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034085934     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)00174-8     Document Type: Article

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