Corneal patch graft repair of exposed glaucoma drainage implants

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1171-1173

  Singh, Mandeep ^a   Chew, Paul T K ^a,b,c   Tan, Donald ^a,b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Corneal graft; Exposure; Glaucoma drainage implant

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DONOR; EPITHELIZATION; EYE INFECTION; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERA; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; CONJUNCTIVA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60749127078     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181814d15     Document Type: Article

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