Comparison of silicone and polypropylene ahmed glaucoma valve implants

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-41

  Brasil, Maria Vitoria Oliveira Moura ^a,b   Rockwood, Edward J ^a   Smith, Scott D ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ahmed; Glaucoma drainage implant; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

PROPYLENE; SILICONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPROPYLENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 33846318921     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000243477.82779.31     Document Type: Article

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