Adjunctive Mitomycin C or amniotic membrane transplantation for Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation: A randomized clinical trial

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 415-421

  Yazdani, Shahin ^a   Mahboobipour, Hassan ^a   Pakravan, Mohammad ^a   Doozandeh, Azadeh ^a   Ghahari, Elham ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ahmed glaucoma valve; amniotic membrane; mitomycin C; success rate

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN; ALKYLATING AGENT;

ADULT; AHMED VALVE; AMNION; AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CHOROID DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSPLANTATION; AGED; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ALKYLATING AGENTS; AMNION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84968718696     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000000256     Document Type: Article

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