Non-penetrating deep sclerectomy for glaucoma surgery using the femtosecond laser: A laboratory model [4]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1713-1714

  Bahar, Irit ^a,b   Kaiserman, Igor ^a   Trope, Graham E ^a   Rootman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE;

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; CHOROID; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA STROMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LASER SURGERY; LETTER; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SCLERECTOMY;

CADAVER; CHOROID DISEASES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LASER THERAPY; PROLAPSE; SCLERA; SURGICAL FLAPS; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 36749040917     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.116632     Document Type: Letter

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