Pig eye trabeculectomy - A wet-lab teaching model

Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-37

  Lee, G A ^a,b   Chiang, M Y M ^b   Shah, P ^c  

^a City Eye Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glaucoma surgery; Resident training; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NONHUMAN; SCLERA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; SWINE; TISSUE FLAP; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 30744455320     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701784     Document Type: Article

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