Incidence and management of encapsulated cysts following Ahmed glaucoma valve insertion

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 276-279

  Eibschitz Tsimhoni, Maya ^a   Schertzer, Robert M ^a   Musch, David C ^a,b   Moroi, Sayoko E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ahmed; Encapsulated cyst; Glaucoma

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CYST; ENCAPSULATED CYST; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CYSTS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; GLAUCOMA, NEOVASCULAR; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 22544454729     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000169391.94555.c1     Document Type: Review

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