Outcomes of Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation in children with primary congenital glaucoma

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1436-1441

  Ou, Yvonne ^a   Yu, Fei ^a   Law, Simon K ^a   Coleman, Anne L ^a   Caprioli, Joseph ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPTIC DISK CUP; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ASIAN AMERICAN; BUPHTHALMOS; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; INFANT; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYDROPHTHALMOS; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70449717230     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2009.267     Document Type: Article

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