Ahmed glaucoma valve implant: Experience in East Africa
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Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implant: Experience in East Africa
PURPOSE To describe short term outcomes of Ahmed Glaucoma Valve [AGV] implantation in East African patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this multi-center retrospective case series we reviewed eyes of Black African patients with refractory glaucoma, treated consecutively with Ahmed Glaucoma Valve implantation, in two centers in Kenya between January 2006 and October 2007. RESULTS About 25 case...
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عنوان ژورنال: Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0974-9233
DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.56230