Mid-term follow-up of Nd:YAG laser iridotomy in Asian eyes

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-298

  Hsiao, Ching Hsi ^a   Hsu, Ching Tarng ^b   Shen, Su Chin ^b   Chen, Henry S L ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLEEDING; CATARACT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EYE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; IRIDOTOMY; IRIS; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEODYMIUM LASER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FILTERING SURGERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0038264112     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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