Trabeculectomy with an active postoperative regimen: Results and resource utilization

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 524-528

  Taube, Amelie B ^a   Niemelä, Pekka ^a   Alm, Albert ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; Capsular glaucoma; Glaucoma; Open angle glaucoma; Surgery costs; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYCLOPENTOLATE; FLUOROURACIL; PREDNISOLONE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULAR GLAUCOMA; CHOROID HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEEDLE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURE REMOVAL; SWEDEN; TRABECULECTOMY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS DISEASE;

AGED; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70350482227     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01249.x     Document Type: Article

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