Laser suture lysis after trabeculectomy

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 316-320

  Kapetansky, Frederick M ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Laser suture lysis; Mitomycin; Target IOP; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURE REMOVAL; TRABECULECTOMY;

AGED; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPOTENSION; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 0141763822     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-200308000-00005     Document Type: Article

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