Clinical experience of e-PTFE membrane implant surgery for refractory glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-70

  Kim, Chang sik ^a,b   Kim, Y ^b   Choi, S ^b   Lee, S ^b   Ahn, B ^c  

^a Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; POLITEF; SILICON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEMBRANE; POLITEF IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBE; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FILTERING SURGERY; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037232798     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.1.63     Document Type: Article

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