Laser suture lysis or releasable sutures after trabeculectomy

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 240-245

  Aykan, Umit ^a,d   Bilge, Ahmet Hamdi ^b   Akin, Tugrul ^b   Certel, Ismail ^b   Bayer, Atilla ^c  

^a Gumussuyu Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d Goz Servisi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Laser suture lysis; Releasable sutures techniques; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SUTURE LYSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RELEASABLE SUTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALKYLATING AGENTS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247553865     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31802d6ded     Document Type: Article

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