Ab interno trabeculotomy: Trabectome™ surgical treatment for open-angle glaucoma

Expert Review of Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-128

  Liu, Jeffrey ^a   Jung, Jesse ^b   Francis, Brian A ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ab interno trabeculectomy; Glaucoma; Goniotomy; Open angle glaucoma; Surgical glaucoma; Trabectome ; Trabeculotomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; ANTIMETABOLITE; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ACCURACY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FILTERING OPERATION; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RISK FACTOR; SCHLEMM CANAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 69949122434     PISSN: 17469899     EISSN: 17469902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eop.09.8     Document Type: Article

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