Surgical interventions for primary congenital glaucoma
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Long-Term Surgical Outcomes of Primary Congenital Glaucoma in China
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the long-term outcomes of three surgical procedures for the treatment of primary congenital glaucoma (PCG). INTRODUCTION PCG is one of the main causes of blindness in children. There is a paucity of contemporary data on PCG in China. METHODS A retrospective study of 48 patients (81 eyes) with PCG who underwent primary trabeculectomy, trabeculotomy, or combined trabecul...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd008213.pub2