Vision loss and recovery after trabeculectomy: Risk and associated risk factors

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1011-1017

  Francis, Brian A ^a   Hong, Bryan ^a   Winarko, Jonathan ^a   Kawji, Shahem ^b,c   Dustin, Laurie ^a   Chopra, Vikas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MITOMYCIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRABECULECTOMY; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 80051568972     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.182     Document Type: Article

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