Lower energy levels adequate for effective transcleral diode laser cyclophotocoagulation in Asian eyes with refractory glaucoma

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 398-405

  Kaushik, S ^a   Pandav, S S ^a   Jain, R ^a   Bansal, S ^a   Gupta, A ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 40949154808     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702653     Document Type: Article

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