Morphologic classification of filtering blebs after glaucoma filtration surgery: The Indiana Bleb Appearance Grading Scale

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 266-271

  Cantor, Louis B ^a,b   Mantravadi, Anand ^a   WuDunn, Darrell ^a   Swamynathan, Kala ^a   Cortes, Arnold ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleb; Classification; Glaucoma; Morphology

Indexed keywords

BLEB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FILTERING BLEB; FILTERING OPERATION; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; VASCULARIZATION;

FILTERING SURGERY; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037972516     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-200306000-00015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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