Comparison of the efficacy and safety of selective laser trabeculoplasty in cases with primary open-angle glaucoma and pseudoexfoliative glaucoma

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 500-504

  Kara, Necip ^a   Altan, Cigdem ^b   Yuksel, Kemal ^b   Tetikoglu, Mehmet ^c  

^a Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Beyoglu Eye Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Mus Government Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

intraocular pressure; primary open angle glaucoma; pseudoexfoliative glaucoma; selective laser trabeculoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMIC ARGON LASER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSEUDOEXFOLIATIVE GLAUCOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELECTIVE LASER TRABECULOPLASTY; TRABECULOPLASTY; UVEITIS;

INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PSEUDOEXFOLIATIVE GLAUCOMA; SELECTIVE LASER TRABECULOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 84883747513     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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