Surgical results in the management of advanced primary congenital glaucoma in a rural pediatric population

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-235.e1

  Ben Zion, Itay ^a,c   Tomkins, Oren ^a   Moore, Daniel B ^b   Helveston, Eugene M ^c  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ORBIS INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BUPHTHALMOS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; CORNEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVISCERATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; GONIOTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS LUXATION; MALE; OPTIC DISK CUP; OPTICAL DISK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TRABECULOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79551552688     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.02.027     Document Type: Article

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