Outcome of combined Ahmed glaucoma valve implant and penetrating keratoplasty in refractory congenital glaucoma with corneal opacity

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 554-559

  Al Torbak, Abdullah A ^a,b  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ahmed glaucoma valve; Congenital glaucoma; Graft success failure; IOP control; Penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CORNEA OPACITY; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SCAR FORMATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVAL RATE; ULCER;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL OPACITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3342986341     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000122704.49054.95     Document Type: Review

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