Efficacy and safety of a steel drainage device implanted under a scleral flap

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 457-462

  De Feo, Fabio ^a   Bagnis, Alessandro ^a   Bricola, Graziano ^a   Scotto, Riccardo ^a   Traverso, Carlo Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ex PRESS device; Filtration surgery; Glaucoma drainage devices

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CHOROID DETACHMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; IMPLANTATION; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCLERA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TISSUE FLAP;

EID: 68149158100     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3129/i09-120     Document Type: Article

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