Coupling of HRT II and AS-OCT to evaluate corneal endothelial cell loss and in vivo visualization of the Ahmed glaucoma valve implant

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1836-1844

  Mendrinos, E ^a   Dosso, A ^a   Sommerhalder, J ^a   Shaarawy, T ^a  

^a Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ahmed valve; Anterior segment OCT; Corneal endothelial cell loss; In vivo confocal microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; MITOMYCIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HEIDELBERG CORNEA TOMOGRAPHY II; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; IRIS; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SLIT LAMP; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349218262     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.321     Document Type: Article

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