The critical role of the conjunctiva in glaucoma filtration surgery

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 303-328

  Yu, Dao Yi ^a,b   Morgan, William H ^a   Sun, Xinghuai ^c   Su, Er Ning ^a,b   Cringle, Stephen J ^a,b   Yu, Paula K ^a,b   House, Philip ^a   Guo, Wenyi ^c   Yu, Xiaobo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aqueous humour; Conjunctiva; Filtering surgery; Glaucoma; Lymphatics; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE BLOOD FLOW; FILTERING OPERATION; GLAUCOMA; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MICROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCAR; SCHLEMM CANAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; TISSUE FLAP; TISSUE INJURY; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BLOOD VESSELS; CONJUNCTIVA; EYE; FILTERING SURGERY; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM;

EID: 67749099645     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2009.06.004     Document Type: Review

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