Early-onset scleral and corneal ectasias following low-dose mitomycin-C-augmented trabeculectomy in a uveitic glaucoma patient

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 220, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 406-408

  Pirouzian, Amir ^a   O'Halloran, H ^a   Scher, C ^a   Jockin, Y ^a  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal ectasia; Mitomycin C augmented trabeculectomy; Scierai ectasia; Uveitic glaucoma

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SCLERA DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRABECULECTOMY; UVEA DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ALKYLATING AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORNEAL DISEASES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MITOMYCIN; SCLERAL DISEASES; TRABECULECTOMY; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 33750905264     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095870     Document Type: Article

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