Transscleral diode laser cycloablation in patients with good vision

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1180-1183

  Rotchford, A P ^a   Jayasawal, R ^b   Madhusudhan, S ^b   Ho, S ^b   King, A J ^b   Vernon, S A ^b  

^a GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; CYCLODIODE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYCLOABLATION; DIODE LASER; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SURVIVAL RATE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPEUTIC USE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELD;

FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 77956574207     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.145565     Document Type: Article

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