Contact transscleral cyclophotocoagulation in the treatment of neovascular glaucoma: A five-year follow-up

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Leszczyński, Rafał ^a,b   Domański, Robert ^a   Formińska Kapuścik, Maria ^a   Mrukwa Kominek, Ewa ^a   Rokita Wala, Iwona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diode cyclophotocoagulation; Neovascular glaucoma; Panretinal photocoagulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CRYOTHERAPY; DIODE LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS; TRANSSCLERAL CYCLOPHOTOCOAGULATION; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCLERA; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, NEOVASCULAR; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIGHT COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65349193283     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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