Amniotic membrane transplantation for intraoperative conjunctival repair during trabeculectomy with mitomycin C

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 521-526

  Li, Gisèle ^a,b   O'Hearn, Thomas ^b   Yiu, Samuel ^b   Francis, Brian A ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Bleb leak; Conjunctival buttonhole; Glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DORZOLAMIDE PLUS TIMOLOL; GATIFLOXACIN; LATANOPROST; LOTOPREDNOL; MITOMYCIN C; POLYTRIM; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AMNION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TRABECULECTOMY; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMNION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONJUNCTIVA; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MITOMYCIN; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 34548677950     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3180408ddb     Document Type: Article

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