Evaluation of filtering bleb function by thermography
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Evaluation of filtering bleb function by thermography.
AIM To determine whether thermography can be used to evaluate bleb function. METHODS The surface temperatures of filtering blebs from 39 eyes of 33 post-trabeculectomy patients were measured using thermography. We introduced a new parameter: the temperature decrease in the filtering bleb (TDB) where TDB = (mean temperature of the temporal and nasal bulbar conjunctiva)-(temperature of the filt...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.152066