The tube versus trabeculectomy study: Why its findings may not change clinical practice?

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 742-744.e1

  Caprioli, Joseph ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

AQUEOUS DRAINAGE DEVICE; ARTICLE; BLEB LEAK; BLEBITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955087916     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2011.01.020     Document Type: Editorial

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