Clinical results with the Trabectome, a novel surgical device for treatment of open-angle glaucoma

Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 104, Issue , 2006, Pages 40-47

  Minckler, Don ^a   Baerveldt, George ^b   Ramirez, Marina Alfaro ^c   Mosaed, Sameh ^b   Wilson, Richard ^d   Shaarawy, Tarek ^e   Zack, Barend ^b   Dustin, Laurie ^a   Francis, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Departamento de Cirugía Refractiva y Segmento Anterior   (Mexico)

^d WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PILOCARPINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DEVICE; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHLEMM CANAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947613587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15456110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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