Supra-tenon capsule placement of original molteno vs molteno 3 tube implants in black patients with refractory glaucoma: A single-surgeon experience

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 993-997

  Freedman, Jeffrey ^a   Bhandari, Ramanath ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOG RANK TEST; MALE; MOLTENO 3; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TENON CAPSULE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLTENO IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENON CAPSULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051555121     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.183     Document Type: Article

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