Refractory glaucoma - Tube or diode?

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 771-777

  Malik, Rizwan ^a,d   Ellingham, Roger B ^b   Suleman, Hanif ^c   Morgan, William H ^b  

^a BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Molteno tube surgery; Refractory glaucoma; Trans scleral cyclodiode laser

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COLCHICINE; DEXAMETHASONE; PIROXICAM; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHOROID DETACHMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; DIODE LASER; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATITIS; KERATOPATHY; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PTOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; CILIARY BODY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLTENO IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750463748     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01339.x     Document Type: Article

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