Comparison of safety and efficacy between silicone and polypropylene ahmed glaucoma valves in refractory glaucoma

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1514-1520

  Law, Simon K ^a   Nguyen, Anne ^a   Coleman, Anne L ^a   Caprioli, Joseph ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE; SILICONE; SILASTIC;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILTERING OPERATION; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; IMPLANTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; POLYPROPYLENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 24944592510     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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