Polypropylene vs silicone Ahmed valve with adjunctive mitomycin C in paediatric age group: A prospective controlled study

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 728-734

  El Sayed, Y ^a   Awadein, A ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Ahmed valves; buphthalmos; paediatric glaucoma; polypropylene; silicone

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN; POLYPROPYLENE; SILICONE;

AHMED VALVE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOROID DISEASE; CHOROIDAL EFFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; ENCAPSULATION; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRITIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84879331082     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2013.51     Document Type: Article

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