Histological findings of failed gold micro shunts in primary open-Angle glaucoma

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 143-149

  Agnifili, Luca ^a   Costagliola, Ciro ^b   Figus, Michele ^c   Iezzi, Giovanna ^a   Piattelli, Adriano ^a   Carpineto, Paolo ^a   Mastropasqua, Rodolfo ^a   Nardi, Marco ^c   Mastropasqua, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bleb less surgery; Gold micro shunt; Histology of failed GMS; Refractory glaucoma; Suprachoroidal space

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CELL INFILTRATION; CHOROID VASCULARIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OCULAR FIBROSIS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GOLD; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84857374152     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-011-1778-6     Document Type: Article

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