Efficacy of amniotic membrane-assisted bleb revision for elevated intraocular pressure after filtering surgery
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Efficacy of amniotic membrane-assisted bleb revision for elevated intraocular pressure after filtering surgery
PURPOSE To compare the effectiveness of standard revision surgery using mitomycin C (MMC) with revision using amniotic membrane transplantation and MMC for elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) after trabeculectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective, nonrandomized comparative study of 36 eyes of 36 patients with a failed trabeculectomy. Patients were divided into two groups, ie, a nonamnion-...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Ophthalmology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1177-5483
DOI: 10.2147/opth.s12311