Viscocanalostomy versus trabeculectomy in white adults affected by open-angle glaucoma: A 2-year randomized, controlled trial

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 882-887

  Carassa, Roberto G ^a   Bettin, Paolo ^b   Fiori, Marina ^b   Brancato, Rosario ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CHOROID DETACHMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KERATOPATHY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SAFETY; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCOCANALOSTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037542997     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00081-2     Document Type: Article

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