Aqueous shunt exposure: A retrospective review of repair outcome

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 433-438

  Huddleston, Stephen M ^a,b   Feldman, Robert M ^a   Budenz, Donald L ^c   Bell, Nicholas P ^a   Lee, David A ^a   Chuang, Alice Z ^a   Mankiewicz, Kimberly A ^a   Koval, Michael S ^a   Truong, Elizabeth ^a   Moraczewski, Alexei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous shunts; Erosion; Exposure; Extrusion; Glaucoma drainage devices; Tube shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AHMED VALVE; ARTICLE; BAERVELDT GLAUCOMA IMPLANT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; KRUPIN VALVE; MALE; NEGRO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROBULBAR HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLERAL PERFORATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881669704     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181f3e5b4     Document Type: Article

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