Selective laser trabeculoplasty in Egyptian patients with primary open-angle glaucoma

Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 299-303

  Abdelrahman, Ahmed ^a   Eltanamly, Rasha ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Laser; Primary Open Angle Glaucoma; Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BRIMONIDINE; PILOCARPINE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE DISCOMFORT; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERIMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELECTIVE LASER TRABECULOPLASTY; SLIT LAMP; TONOMETRY; TRABECULOPLASTY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863652859     PISSN: 09749233     EISSN: 09751599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.97930     Document Type: Article

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