Medium-term outcomes of safe surgery system trabeculectomies

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1232-1235

  Gale, J ^a   Wells, A P ^a,b,c  

^a CAPITAL AND COAST DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^b Capital Eye Specialists   (New Zealand)

^c WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMETABOLITE; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID DETACHMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONJUNCTIVAL FLAP; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOCORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL SYNDROME; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PIGMENT DISPERSION GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLISTER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 51149117803     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.140129     Document Type: Article

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