Comparison of a remote operating slit-lamp microscope system with a conventional slit-lamp microscope system for examination of trabeculectomy eyes

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 278-283

  Kashiwagi, Kenji ^a   Tanabe, Naohiko ^b   Go, Kentaro ^a   Imasawa, Mitsuhiro ^a   Mabuchi, Fumihiko ^a   Chiba, Tetsuya ^a   Sugiyama, Atsushi ^a   Abe, Keitetsu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Slit lamp microscope; Tele medicine; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA EROSION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; TELEMEDICINE; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TELEPATHOLOGY; TRABECULECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879180360     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e318239c343     Document Type: Article

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