Management and Prevention of Thin, Cystic Blebs

International Ophthalmology Clinics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-42

  Fine, Laura C ^b   Chen, Teresa C ^a   Grosskreutz, Cynthia L ^b   Pasquale, Louis R ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMETABOLITE; CYANOACRYLATE; FIBRIN GLUE; FLUOROURACIL; GENTAMICIN; MITOMYCIN C; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AUTOGRAFT; BLISTER; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYST; FIBROBLAST; FILTERING OPERATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SCLERA DISEASE; TRABECULECTOMY;

ANTIMETABOLITES; BLISTER; CYSTS; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SCLERAL DISEASES; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 0842332567     PISSN: 00208167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004397-200404410-00005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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