I. Argon Laser Trabeculoplasty. The Gold Standard. Argon Laser Trabeculoplasty Versus Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 641-646

  Pham, Hung ^a   Mansberger, Steven ^a   Brandt, James D ^b  

^a DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

argon laser trabeculoplasty; glaucoma treatment; intraocular pressure; selective laser trabeculoplasty; trabecular meshwork

Indexed keywords

ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRABECULOPLASTY; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; SOLID STATE LASER; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRABECULECTOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; PATIENT SELECTION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 56149125248     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2008.08.020     Document Type: Article

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