Factors Associated with Success in First-Time Trabeculectomy for Patients at Low Risk of Failure with Chronic Open-Angle Glaucoma

Ophthalmology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-103

  Edmunds, Beth ^a,b   Bunce, Catey V ^b   Thompson, John R ^c   Salmon, John F ^d   Wormald, Richard P ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREER; CORNEA; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0347418271     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.04.005     Document Type: Article

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