Effect of local anesthesia on trabeculectomy success

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 658-661

  Geffen, Noa ^a   Carrillo, Monica M ^b   Jin, Yaping ^a,c   Trope, Graham E ^a   Buys, Yvonne M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Cape Breton Regional Hospital   (Canada)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Lidocaine; Subconjunctival anesthesia; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; TETRACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT T TEST; TRABECULECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 60749108710     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e318182ed8e     Document Type: Article

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