Fibrin glue for preventing immediate postoperative hypotony following glaucoma drainage implant surgery

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 372-374

  Välimäki, Juha ^a,b  

^a Central Hospital of Lahti   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aqueous leak; Fibrin glue; Glaucoma tube surgery; Molteno implant; Peritubular filtration

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; FIBRIN GLUE;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FILTERING OPERATION; FILTRATION; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCLERA; TISSUE FLAP; TUBE;

FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MOLTENO IMPLANTS; OCULAR HYPOTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE ADHESIVES;

EID: 33646756177     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2006.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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