Circumferential viscocanalostomy and suture canal distension (canaloplasty) for whites with open-angle glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 298-302

  Grieshaber, Matthias C ^a   Fraenkl, Stephan ^a   Schoetzau, Andreas ^a   Flammer, Josef ^a   Orgül, Selim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

canaloplasty; nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery; Schlemm canal; viscocanalostomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANALOPLASTY; CANNULATION; CATHETER; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHLEMM CANAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCOCANALOSTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FILTERING SURGERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUNCTURES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCOELASTIC SUBSTANCES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79958799526     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181e3d46e     Document Type: Article

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