Initial clinical experience with the trabecular micro-bypass stent in patients with glaucoma

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 161-170

  Spiegel, Detlev ^a   Wetzel, Wolfgang ^b   Haffner, David S ^c   Hill, Richard A ^d  

^a Klinik Vincentinum   (Germany)

^b Glaukos Corporation ^*

^c Glaukos Corporation   (United States)

^d Glaukos Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Glaucoma therapy; Intraocular pressure; Stents; Trabecula; Trabecular surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHLEMM CANAL; STENT; THERAPY EFFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TRABECULECTOMY; VISION;

EID: 34247895558     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02850004     Document Type: Article

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