Trabeculectomy with intraoperative retrobulbar triamcinolone acetonide

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-31

  Kahook, Malik Y ^a   Camejo, Larissa ^b   Noecker, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Steroids; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FILTERING OPERATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 77953464726     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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