Effect of mitomycin C dissolved in reversible thermo-setting gel on the outcome of filtering surgery in the rabbit

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-105

  Ichien, Koji ^a   Yamamoto, Tetsuya ^a   Sawada, Akira ^a   Kitazawa, Yoshiaki ^a   Shiraki, Reiko ^a   Yoh, Mutsuyoshi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Filtering bleb; Glaucoma filtering surgery; Intraocular pressure; Mitomycin C; Reversible thermo setting gel

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FILTERING OPERATION; GEL; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCAR FORMATION; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; CONJUNCTIVA; FILTERING SURGERY; GELS; INJECTIONS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MITOMYCIN; RABBITS; SOLUTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034603549     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(99)00184-7     Document Type: Article

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