Canaloplasty: Circumferential viscodilation and tensioning of Schlemm canal using a flexible microcatheter for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma in adults. Two-year interim clinical study results

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 814-824

  Lewis, Richard A ^a   von Wolff, Kurt ^a   Tetz, Manfred ^a   Koerber, Norbert ^a   Kearney, John R ^a   Shingleton, Bradford J ^a   Samuelson, Thomas W ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANALOPLASTY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHLEMM CANAL; SCLERECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCOCANALOSTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; FILTERING SURGERY; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCOSUPPLEMENTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 65249085544     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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