Needle revision of filtering blebs

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 594-600

  Feldman, Robert M ^a,b   Tabet, Rania R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Robert Cizik Eye Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleb needling; Bleb revision; Filtering surgery; Glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUOROURACIL; LIDOCAINE; MITOMYCIN C; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADHESION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; BIOFILTRATION; BLEB; BLEBITIS; CELL STIMULATION; CONJUNCTIVA; DYSESTHESIA; ENCAPSULATION; EYE INFECTION; EYE LAVAGE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FIBROBLAST; FILTERING OPERATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NEEDLE REVISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETREATMENT; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SCLERA; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; BLISTER; GLAUCOMA; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUNCTURE; REOPERATION;

BLISTER; FILTERING SURGERY; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NEEDLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PUNCTURES; REOPERATION;

EID: 58149337212     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e318181283e     Document Type: Review

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