Comparison of long-term surgical success of Ahmed Valve implant versus trabeculectomy in open-angle glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1504-1509

  Tran, D H ^a   Souza, C ^a,b   Ang, M J ^a   Loman, J ^a   Law, S K ^a   Coleman, A L ^a   Caprioli, J ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C; POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; AHMED GLAUCOMA VALVE IMPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHOROID DETACHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350460032     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.150870     Document Type: Article

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