Fornix-based trabeculectomy using the 'anchoring' corneal suture technique

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-137

  Ng, Philip W C ^a   Yeung, Barry Y M ^a   Yick, Doris W F ^a   Tsang, Chi Wai ^a   Lam, Dennis S C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anchoring corneal suture; Chinese; Fornix based trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; DEXAMETHASONE; MITOMYCIN C; NEOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHOROID DETACHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; OINTMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; SUTURING METHOD; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TRABECULECTOMY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0038030834     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2003.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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