CO 2 laser-assisted sclerectomy surgery, Part II: Multicenter clinical preliminary study

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 193-198

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

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c IOPtima Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

filtration; glaucoma; laser surgery; nonpenetrating deep sclerectomy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; MITOMYCIN C; ALKYLATING AGENT; MITOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER ASSISTED SCLERECTOMY SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATITIS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FILTERING OPERATION; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ALKYLATING AGENTS; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; FILTERING SURGERY; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSTOMY;

EID: 84858160220     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181f7b14f     Document Type: Article

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