Long-term Outcomes of Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implantation in Refractory Glaucomas

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 893-900

  Souza, Carlos ^a,b   Tran, Duc H ^a   Loman, Jane ^a   Law, Simon K ^c   Coleman, Anne L ^a   Caprioli, Joseph ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY GLAUCOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 36248930025     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.07.035     Document Type: Article

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