Audit of trabeculectomy at a tertiary referral hospital in East Africa

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 432-434

  Kabiru, Joy ^a   Bowman, Richard ^a,b,d   Wood, Mark ^a   Mafwiri, Milka ^a,c  

^a Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation for Tanzania ^*  (Tanzania)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d CCBRT Disability Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Antimetabolite; Gender; Glaucoma; Hypotony; Trabeculectomy; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; OPTIC DISK CUP; PATIENT INFORMATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TRABECULECTOMY; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTIMETABOLITES; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TANZANIA; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 27944451797     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000185617.98915.36     Document Type: Article

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