Evaluating subconjunctival bleb function after trabeculectomy using slit-lamp optical coherence tomography and ultrasound biomicroscopy

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1274-1279

  Zhang, Yi ^a   Wu, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Min ^a   Song, Bei Wen ^a   Du, Xin Hua ^a   Lu, Bin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED SIXTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Optical coherence tomography; Trabeculectomy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLIT LAMP; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 51349100729     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200807020-00005     Document Type: Article

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