ReGAE 7: Long-term outcomes of augmented trabeculectomy with mitomycin C in African Caribbean patients

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Shah, Peter ^a,b,c,d,e   Agrawal, Pavi ^a,b,e   Khaw, Peng T ^d,e   Shafi, Fariha ^a,b,e   Sii, Freda ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African Caribbean; Glaucoma; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALKYLATING AGENTS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862583549     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02639.x     Document Type: Article

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