Outcomes of bleb excision and conjunctival advancement for leaking or hypotonous eyes after glaucoma filtering surgery

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-103

  Tannenbaum, D P ^a   Hoffman, D ^a   Greaney, M J ^b   Caprioli, J ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLEB EXCISION; BLEB LEAK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVAL ADVANCEMENT; EYE DISEASE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPOTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345863704     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.88.1.99     Document Type: Review

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