Ex-PRESS miniature glaucoma device implanted under a scleral flap alone or combined with phacoemulsification cataract surgery

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 488-491

  Kanner, Elliott M ^a   Netland, Peter A ^a,c   Sarkisian, Steven R ^b   Du, Haiming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Hamilton Eye Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma filtration surgery; Intraocular pressure; Miniature glaucoma implant; Phacoemulsification; Scleral flap

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHOROID HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; HYPOTONY MACULOPATHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; SCLERA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE BLOCKAGE;

AGED; CATARACT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIATURIZATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650920269     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31818fb44e     Document Type: Article

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