Imaging of Trabeculectomy Blebs Using Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-53

  Singh, Mandeep ^a   Chew, Paul T K ^a,b,c   Friedman, David S ^d   Nolan, Winifred P ^a   See, Jovina L ^a   Smith, Scott D ^e   Zheng, Ce ^a   Foster, Paul J ^f,g   Aung, Tin ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEB; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYST; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCLERA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

EID: 33845750623     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.05.078     Document Type: Article

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