Two-Year Survival of Ahmed Valve Implantation in the First 2 Years of Life with and without Intraoperative Mitomycin-C

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1862-1865

  Al Mobarak, Faisal ^a   Khan, Arif O ^a  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MITOMYCIN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349454067     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.03.030     Document Type: Article

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