Bleb needling in encapsulated filtering blebs: Evaluation by optical coherence tomography

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 224, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 204-208

  Guthoff, R ^a   Guthoff, T ^a   Hensler, D ^a   Grehn, F ^a   Klink, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bleb needling; Cyst; Encapsulated filtering bleb; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEB NEEDLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYST; ENCAPSULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SLIT LAMP; SUTURING METHOD; TONOMETRY; TRABECULECTOMY; AGED; BLISTER; FILTERING OPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; BLISTER; FEMALE; FILTERING SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 70450176147     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000260225     Document Type: Article

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