Buccal mucous membrane for the reconstruction of complicated leaking trabeculectomy blebs

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 270-274

  Rootman, Dan B ^b   Kumar, Nikhil L ^b   Rootman, David S ^a   Trope, Graham E ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bleb leak; Buccal membrane; Surgical technique; Trabeculectomy complications

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; LIDOCAINE; MITOMYCIN C; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CASE REPORT; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRABECULECTOMY; TRABECULECTOMY BLEB LEAKAGE; TRABECULECTOMY BLEB RECONSTRUCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLISTER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TRABECULECTOMY; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 77951436917     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181aff448     Document Type: Article

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