Efficacy and complications after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C in normal-tension glaucoma

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-227

  Jongsareejit, Boonphen ^a   Tomidokoro, Atsuo ^a   Mimura, Tatsuya ^a   Tomita, Goji ^a   Shirato, Shiroaki ^b   Araie, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HACHIOJI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complications; Intraocular pressure; Kaplan Meier life table method; Mitomycin C; Normal tension glaucoma; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; BLEB LEAKAGE; BLEBITIS; CATARACT; CHOROID; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; JAPAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL TENSION GLAUCOMA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULOPATHY; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 21144439736     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-004-0181-9     Document Type: Review

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