CO 2 laser-assisted sclerectomy surgery part I: Concept and experimental models

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-140

  Ton, Yokrat ^a   Geffen, Noa ^a   Kidron, Dvora ^a   Degani, Joshua ^b   Assia, Ehud I ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CEO of IOPtima Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

CO 2 laser; deep sclerectomy; filtration; glaucoma; laser surgery; nonpenetrating

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHLEMM CANAL; SCLERECTOMY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; THERMAL INJURY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RABBIT; SCLERA; SECRETION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASERS, GAS; MODELS, ANIMAL; RABBITS; SCLERA; SCLEROSTOMY; SURGICAL FLAPS; SWINE;

EID: 84857190055     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31820e2ccd     Document Type: Article

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