Glaucoma drainage devices: A systematic literature review and current controversies

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-60

  Hong, Chian Huey ^a   Arosemena, Analisa ^a   Zurakowski, David ^b   Ayyala, Ramesh S ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

aqueous shunts; drainage device; glaucoma; implant; valve

Indexed keywords

DIPLOPIA; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11144283166     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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