Efficacy and safety of ab interno excimer laser trabeculotomy in primary open-angle glaucoma: Two years of follow-up

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 220, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 285-290

  Babighian, Silvia ^a   Rapizzi, Emilio ^a   Galan, Alessandro ^a  

^a S ANTONIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Excimer laser; Glaucoma; Trabecular meshwork; Trabeculotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRABECULOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748455073     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094616     Document Type: Article

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