Comparison of fornix- and limbus-based conjunctival flaps in mitomycin C trabeculectomy with laser suture lysis in Japanese glaucoma patients

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 338-344

  Fukuchi, Takeo ^a   Ueda, Jun ^a   Yaoeda, Kiyoshi ^a   Suda, Kieko ^a   Seki, Masaaki ^a   Abe, Haruki ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fornix based conjunctival flap; Laser suture lysis; Limbus based conjunctival flap; Mitomycin C; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVAL FLAP; CORNEA LIMBUS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIFE TABLE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SUTURE REMOVAL; TISSUE FLAP; TRABECULECTOMY;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746698275     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-005-0323-8     Document Type: Article

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