Is post-trabeculectomy hypotony a risk factor for subsequent failure? A case control study

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Benson, Sarah E ^a,b   Mandal, Kaveri ^a   Bunce, Catey V ^b   Fraser, Scott G ^a,c  

^a SUNDERLAND EYE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; BIOFILTER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOROID DETACHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL TIME; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OCULAR HYPOTENSION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OCULAR HYPOTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 19744362796     PISSN: 14712415     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-5-7     Document Type: Review

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