Comparison of needle revision with subconjunctival bevacizumab and 5-fluorouracil injection of failed trabeculectomy blebs

Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 542-546

  Simsek, Tulay ^a   Cankaya, Ali B ^a   Elgin, Ufuk ^a  

^a Ulucanlar Eye Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; FLUOROURACIL; VISCOELASTIC SUBSTANCE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLEB FAILURE; CHOROID DETACHMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRABECULECTOMY;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUNCTURES; REOPERATION; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84866991638     PISSN: 10807683     EISSN: 15577732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jop.2012.0035     Document Type: Article

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