Selective laser trabeculoplasty as a first-line therapy: A review

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 519-522

  Waisbourd, Michael ^a   Katz, L Jay ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON LASER TRABECULOPLASTY; CORNEA EDEMA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE SPIKE; LASER SURGERY; MACULAR BURN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SELECTIVE LASER TRABECULOPLASTY; TRABECULOPLASTY; UVEITIS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRABECULECTOMY;

GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER THERAPY; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 84919961489     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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