The silent enemy: A review of cataract in relation to glaucoma and trabeculectomy surgery

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1350-1354

  Mathew, Rashmi G ^a   Murdoch, Ian E ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMETABOLITE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C; PILOCARPINE; PLACEBO;

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; BETA RADIATION; BLEB FAILURE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; IRIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL DISORDER;

BLINDNESS; CATARACT; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 80053240836     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.194811     Document Type: Review

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