The efficacy of two trabecular bypass stents compared to one in the management of open-angle glaucoma

Military Medicine

Volumn 182, Issue , 2017, Pages 222-225

  Vlasov, Anton ^a   Kim, Won I ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STENT; TRABECULAR BONE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCELLOUS BONE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS;

EID: 85015235769     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-16-00135     Document Type: Article

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