Fluorophotometric study of the effect of the glaukos trabecular microbypass stent on aqueous humor dynamics

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3327-3332

  Fernández Barrientos, Yolanda ^a   García Feijoo, Julian ^a,b   Martínez de la Casa, Jose M ^a,b   Pablo, Luis E ^c   Fernandez Perez, Cristina ^a   Sanchez, Julian García ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; STENT; TRABECULAR MICROBYPASS STENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; LENS IMPLANTATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; FEMALE; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77955324818     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-3972     Document Type: Article

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