Glaucoma drainage implants: A critical comparison of types

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-189

  Schwartz, Kenneth S ^a   Lee, Richard K ^b   Gedde, Steven J ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifibrotic; Drainage implants; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Surgical

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; MITOMYCIN C;

AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIPLOPIA; ENCAPSULATION; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

EID: 33646934641     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icu.0000193080.55240.7e     Document Type: Review

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