Ahmed Glaucoma Valve and Single-Plate Molteno Implants in Treatment of Refractory Glaucoma: A Comparative Study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 893-902

  Nassiri, Nader ^a   Kamali, Ghazal ^a   Rahnavardi, Mohammad ^b   Mohammadi, Babak ^b   Nassiri, Saman ^b   Rahmani, Laleh ^b   Nassiri, Nariman ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Vanak Eye Surgery Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 77952473445     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.01.025     Document Type: Article

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