Should an iridectomy be routinely performed as a part of trabeculectomy? Two surgeons' clinical experience

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 362-367

  De Barros, D S M ^a   Da Silva, R S ^a   Siam, G A ^a   Gheith, M E ^a   Nunes, C M ^a   Lankaranian, D ^a   Tittler, E H ^a   Myers, J S ^a   Spaeth, G L ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Glaucoma; Inflammation; Peripheral iridectomy; Surgery; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT T TEST; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GLAUCOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 60149105155     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6703034     Document Type: Article

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