Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implantation in African American and White Patients
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Ahmed Glaucoma Valve implantation in African American and white patients.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the results of Ahmed Glaucoma Valve implantation in African American and white patients. METHODS In this retrospective, comparative case-control study, we reviewed 86 eyes of 86 patients, comparing the surgical outcomes in white patients (n = 43) with matched African American patients (n = 43). Success was defined as an intraocular pressure (IOP) between 6 mm Hg and 21 m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Ophthalmology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0003-9950
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.6.800