Correlation between the early morphological appearance of filtering blebs and outcome of trabeculectomy with mitomycin C

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 430-435

  Sacu, Stefan ^a   Rainer, Georg ^a   Findl, Oliver ^a   Georgopoulos, Michael ^a   Vass, Clemens ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Filtering bleb; IOP; Mitomycin; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BETACARPIN; BETOPTIC S; BRIMONIDINE; DORZOLAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; LATANOPROST; MITOMYCIN C; PILOCARPINE; TIMOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; ENCAPSULATION; FEMALE; FILTERING BLEB; FILTERING OPERATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONJUNCTIVA; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MITOMYCIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0141962582     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-200310000-00006     Document Type: Article

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