Comparison of trabeculectomy and Ex-PRESS implantation in fellow eyes of the same patient: A prospective, randomised study

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 703-710

  Dahan, E ^a   Ben Simon, G J ^b   Lafuma, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c CEMKA EVAL   (France)

Author keywords

Ex PRESS; primary open angle glaucoma; trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR BLEB; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND COMPLICATION;

EID: 84862527135     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2012.13     Document Type: Article

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