Micropulse transscleral diode laser cyclophotocoagulation in the treatment of refractory glaucoma

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 266-272

  Tan, Anna M ^a   Chockalingam, Muthuraman ^b   Aquino, Maria C ^a   Lim, Zena I L ^c   See, Jovina L S ^a   Chew, Paul TK ^a  

^a Department of Ophthalmology   (India)

^b Uma Eye Clinic   (India)

^c SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Micropulse laser; Refractory glaucoma; Trans pars plana; Transscleral diode cyclophotocoagulation

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MICROPULSE TRANSSCLERAL DIODE LASER CYCLOPHOTOCOAGULATION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, NEOVASCULAR; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; LIGHT COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SAFETY; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77953190799     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02238.x     Document Type: Article

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