Trabeculectomy with OloGen versus trabeculectomy for the treatment of glaucoma: A pilot study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-85

  Papaconstantinou, Dimitris ^a,c   Georgalas, Ilias ^b   Karmiris, Efthimios ^a   Diagourtas, Andreas ^a   Koutsandrea, Chrysanthi ^a   Ladas, Ioannis ^a   Apostolopoulos, Michalis ^a   Georgopoulos, Gerasimos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Filtering bleb; Glaucoma; Ologen; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; HYPHEMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76149121451     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01753.x     Document Type: Article

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