Fornix vs limbus based flap in phacotrabeculetomy with mitomycin C: Prospective study

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-278

  Mandić, Zdravko ^a   Benčić, Goran ^a   Geber, Mia Zorić ^a   Bojić, Lovro ^b  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Antimetabolites, antineoplastic; Conjunctiva; Glaucoma, open angle; Lens implantation, intraocular; Phacoemulsification; Trabecular meshwork; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; MITOMYCIN C; NEOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA LIMBUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PHACOTRABECULECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE FLAP; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CATARACT; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MITOMYCIN; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 2642520276     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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