Supraciliary shunt in refractory glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1537-1541

  Figus, Michele ^a   Lazzeri, Stefano ^a   Fogagnolo, Paolo ^b   Iester, Michele ^c   Martinelli, Paolo ^a   Nardi, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOPHAKIA; SLIT LAMP; SUPRACILIARY SHUNT; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; HYPHEMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054907268     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300308     Document Type: Article

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