Use of amniotic membrane in trabeculectomy for the treatment of glaucoma: A pilot study

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-312

  Eliezer, Ricardo Nunes ^a,b   Kasahara, Niro ^a   Caixeta Umbelino, Cristiano ^a   Pinheiro, Renato Kingleufus ^a   Mandia Jr , Carmo ^a   Malta, Roberto Freire Santiago ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological dressings; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Open angle surgery; Postoperative complications; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; OFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMNION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLEB; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONOMETER; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33745817467     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492006000300005     Document Type: Article

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