Efficacy and safety of the pars plana clip in the Ahmed valve device inserted via the pars plana in patients with refractory glaucoma

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 411-416

  Diaz Llopis, Manuel ^a,b,c   Salom, David ^a,c   García Delpech, Salvador ^a,b,c   Udaondo, Patricia ^a,c   Millan, Jose Maria ^a,c   Arevalo, J Fernando ^d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^d Clinica Oftalmologica Centro Caracas   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Ahmed valve; Pars plana clip; Pars plana vitrectomy; Refractory glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID DETACHMENT; CILIARY DISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLIP; DISEASE CONTROL; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 77953458253     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/opth.s10005     Document Type: Article

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