Needling Revision of Trabeculectomies. Bleb Morphology and Long-term Survival

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Rotchford, Alan P ^a   King, Anthony J W ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 45849126470     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.10.023     Document Type: Article

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