Trabeculectomy with double low dose of mitomycin C - two years of follow-up

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1679-1686

  Errico, Donato ^a   Scrimieri, Francesca ^a   Riccardi, Roberta ^a   Fedeli, Romolo ^a   Iarossi, Giancarlo ^b  

^a Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Mitomycin C; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE PLUS CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYCLOPENTOLATE; MITOMYCIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; BLEB INFECTION; CHOROID DETACHMENT; CHOROID HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC BLEB; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCLERA; SCLERA FLAP; SCLERECTOMY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL SPONGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE REMOVAL; TENON CAPSULE; TISSUE FLAP; TRABECULECTOMY; TRABECULOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

EID: 84856190700     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S25611     Document Type: Article

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