Placing the Molteno implant in a long scleral tunnel to prevent postoperative tube exposure

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 302-305

  Ollila, Marko ^a   Falck, Aura ^a   Airaksinen, P Juhani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Complication; Conjunctival erosion; Glaucoma surgery; Molteno implant; Refractory glaucoma; Scleral tunnel; Technique of Molteno implantation

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCLERA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLTENO IMPLANTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 21044443054     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00450.x     Document Type: Review

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