Superior versus Inferior Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implantation

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 208-213

  Pakravan, Mohammad ^a   Yazdani, Shahin ^a   Shahabi, Camelia ^a   Yaseri, Mehdi ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYEBALL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MITOMYCIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 58849135692     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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