Use of 5-fluorouracil injections to reduce the risk of trabeculectomy bleb failure after cataract surgery

Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-123

  Shahid, Humma ^a   Salmon, John F ^a  

^a OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONJUNCTIVA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 77649299085     PISSN: 10807683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jop.2009.0067     Document Type: Article

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