Efficacy and safety of adjunctive mitomycin C during Ahmed Glaucoma Valve implantation: A prospective randomized clinical trial

Ophthalmology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1071-1076

  Costa, Vital P ^a,b,g   Azuara Blanco, Augusto ^c   Netland, Peter A ^d   Lesk, Mark R ^e   Arcieri, Enyr S ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^g NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; BALANCED SALT SOLUTION; CYCLOPLEGIC AGENT; MITOMYCIN C; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SAFETY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942576037     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.09.037     Document Type: Article

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