The Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study: Interpretation of results and application to clinical practice

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 118-126

  Gedde, Steven ^a,r   Anderson, Douglas ^a   Budenz, Donald ^a   Del Calvo, Madeline ^a   DePool, Ivette ^a   Fantes, Francisco ^a   Greenfield, David ^a   Hochberg, Jessica ^a   Hodapp, Elizabeth ^a   Lee, Richard ^a   Marcellino, Alexia ^a   Palmberg, Paul ^a   Parrish II, Richard ^a,r   Herndon, Leon ^b,r   Challa, Pratap ^b   Santiago Turla, Cecile ^b   WuDunn, Darrell ^c,r   Emerick, Geoffrey ^d,r   Heuer, Dale ^e,r   Kent, Alexander ^f,r   Bradham, Carol ^f   Langdale, Lisa ^f   Barton, Keith ^g,r   Amalfitano, Francesca ^g   Rai, Poornima ^g   Sidoti, Paul ^h,r   Gedal, Amy ^h   Luayon, James ^h   Ovase, Roma ^h   Tai, Katy ^h   Nguyen, Quang ^i,r   Shields, Steven ^j,r   Anderson, Kevin ^j   Moya, Frank ^j   Brandt, James ^k,r   Lim, Michele ^k   Sponzo, Marilyn ^k   Sherwood, Mark ^l,r   Skuta,, Gregory ^m   Jobson, Jason ^m   Ogilbee, Lisa ^m   Reynolds, Adam ^m   Sarkisian, Steven ^m   Varma, Rohit ^n,r   Feldman, Robert ^o,r   Baker, Laura ^o   Bell, Nicholas ^o   Carranza, JoLene ^o   Francis, Brian ^o   Prum, Bruce ^p,r   Perkins,, Todd ^a,q,r   Kaufman, Paul ^a   Soderling, Barbara ^a   Feuer, William ^a,r   Londono, Luz ^a   Schiffman, Joyce ^a,r   Shi, Wei ^a   Chen, Philip ^r   Singh, Kuldev ^r   Spaeth, George ^r   Wright, Martha ^r   Skuta, Gregory ^r   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

ⁱ SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^j SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^r NONE

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Author keywords

Glaucoma surgery; Trabeculectomy; Tube shunt

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

AGED; CATARACT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBE SHUNT SURGERY;

EID: 84857236207     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32834ff2d1     Document Type: Review

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