Inferior Corneal Decompensation Following Laser Peripheral Iridotomy in the Superior Iris

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 166-168

  Lim, Laurence S ^a   Ho, Ching Lin ^a   Ang, Leonard P K ^a,b   Aung, Tin ^a,b   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CORNEA; CORNEA INJURY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IRIDOTOMY; IRIS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL OPACITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; IRIDECTOMY; IRIS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745418868     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.01.070     Document Type: Article

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