Long-term follow-up of primary glaucoma surgery with ahmed glaucoma valve implant versus trabeculectomy

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 464-470

  Wilson, M Roy ^a   Mendis, Upali ^b   Paliwal, Amit ^c   Haynatzka, Vera ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Eye Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; CHOROID HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0041326384     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(03)00239-3     Document Type: Article

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