Transcameral suture to prevent tube-corneal touch after glaucoma drainage device implantation: A new surgical technique

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 576-577

  Bochmann, Frank ^a   Azuara Blanco, Augusto ^b  

^a LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drainage device; Glaucoma; Surgical complication

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN B; POLYPROPYLENE;

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; IRIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCLERA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; ASTIGMATISM; EYE SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ASTIGMATISM; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73349108429     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181911284     Document Type: Article

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