Five-year extension of a clinical trial comparing the EX-PRESS glaucoma filtration device and trabeculectomy in primary open-angle glaucoma

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 527-533

  de Jong, Leo ^a   Lafuma, Antoine ^b   Aguadé, Anne Sophie ^b   Berdeaux, Gilles ^c,d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CEMKA EVAL   (France)

^c Alcon France   (France)

^d Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

Author keywords

Glaucoma filtration device; Intraocular pressure; Medication; Primary open angle glaucoma; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OUTCOME VARIABLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 79956374197     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S18565     Document Type: Article

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