The assessment of the filtering bleb function with anterior segment optical coherence tomography

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 551-555

  Tominaga, Akiko ^a,b   Miki, Atsuya ^a   Yamazaki, Yuko ^a,c   Matsushita, Kenji ^a   Otori, Yasumasa ^a,d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b YODOGAWA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c HOSHIGAOKA KOSEINENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d OSAKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

bleb; filtering surgery; Glaucoma; OCT; trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR SEGMENT OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; FILTERING BLEB FUNCTION; FILTERING OPERATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; BLISTER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 77958523886     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181ca76f3     Document Type: Article

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