Comparison of visual recovery following Ex-PRESS versus trabeculectomy: Results of a prospective randomized controlled trial

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 181-186

  Beltran Agullo, Laura ^a   Trope, Graham E ^a   Jin, YaPing ^a,b   Wagschal, Lilach Drori ^c   Jinapriya, Delan ^d   Buys, Yvonne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; HYALURONIC ACID; MITOMYCIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CENTRAL RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONVALVED OPHTHALMIC DRAINAGE DEVICE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SPECULAR MICROSCOPE; SUTURE; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; VERY ELDERLY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY CHART; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL RECOVERY; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GONIOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCLERA; SURGICAL FLAPS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCLERA; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TRABECULECTOMY; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84925440326     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31829e1b68     Document Type: Article

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