Quantitative assessment of changes in trabeculectomy blebs after laser suture lysis using anterior segment coherence tomography

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 313-317

  Sng, Chelvin C A ^a,b   Singh, Mandeep ^a   Chew, Paul Tec Kuan ^a   Ngo, Cheryl S ^a   Zheng, Ce ^a   Tun, Tin A ^b   See, Jovina L S ^a   Ang, Marcus ^b   Loon, Seng Chee ^a   Aung, Tin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

anterior segment; imaging systems; trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; ARTICLE; BLEB FORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SUTURE LYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUTURE REMOVAL; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA; SURGICAL FLAPS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 84862182833     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31820e2d23     Document Type: Article

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