Postoperative microhyphema as a positive prognostic indicator in canaloplasty

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-156

  Grieshaber, Matthias C ^a   Schoetzau, Andreas ^a   Flammer, Josef ^a   Orgül, Selim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

blood reflux; canaloplasty; hyphema; microhyphema; nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery; Schlemm canal; viscocanalostomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANALOPLASTY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROHYPHEMA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; FEMALE; FILTERING SURGERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; HYPHEMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84874285142     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02293.x     Document Type: Article

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