Severe cough: A cause of late bleb leak

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-183

  Shaikh, Asifa ^a   Ahmado, Ahmed ^a   James, Bruce ^a  

^a STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bleb leak; Coughing; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; FLUOROURACIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; FILTERING OPERATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COUGH; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OCULAR HYPOTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0037389765     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-200304000-00014     Document Type: Article

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