Ex-PRESS implantation versus trabeculectomy in open-angle glaucoma: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chen, Guohai ^a   Li, Wensheng ^b   Jiang, Fangzheng ^a   Mao, Sihong ^a   Tong, Yuhua ^a  

^a Department of Ophthalmology Quzhou People's Hospital   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EFFUSION; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; META ANALYSIS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899829560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086045     Document Type: Article

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