Primary trabeculectomy surgery performed by residents at a county hospital

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-56

  Chan, Candy K ^a   Lee, Scott ^a   Sangani, Poorab ^a   Lin, Li Wei ^b   Lin, May S ^a   Lin, Shan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Resident; Trabeculectomy; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAN FRANCISCO; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846314378     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000243473.59084.dd     Document Type: Article

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