Is there a need for new surgical procedures for glaucoma? Yes!

Open Ophthalmology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 101-103

  Spaeth, George L ^a   Cvintal, Victor ^a   Figueiredo, Ana ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Cost effectiveness; Cost benefit ratio; Effectiveness; Glaucoma; Guarded filtration procedure; Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery; Surgery; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPTIC NERVE LESION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84941362818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18743641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874364101509010101     Document Type: Article

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