Complications and 2-year valve survival following Ahmed valve implantation during the first 2 years of life

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 795-798

  Al Mobarak, F ^a   Khan, A O ^a  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHAKIC GLAUCOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PETERS ANOMALY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66749154440     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.150037     Document Type: Article

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