Current variations of glaucoma filtration surgery

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 89-95

  Salim, Sarwat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctival flaps; Ex PRESS shunt; Releasable sutures; Trabeculectomy; Wound modulation

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C; VASCULOTROPIN INHIBITOR;

AMNION; ANESTHESIA; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVAL FIBROSIS; CONJUNCTIVAL FLAP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA FILTRATION DEVICE; GLAUCOMA FILTRATION SURGERY; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; MEDICAL DEVICE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCLERA FLAP; SCLEROTOMY; SUTURE; TISSUE FLAP; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; FLUOROURACIL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MITOMYCIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 84857237220     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32834ff401     Document Type: Review

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