Implants for draining neovascular glaucoma.

نویسندگان

  • A C Molteno
  • M M Van Rooyen
  • R S Bartholomew
چکیده

The implant design, surgical technique, and pharmacological methods of controlling bleb fibrosis, used to treat neovascular glaucoma, are described, together with the results of 14 operations performed on 12 eyes.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The British journal of ophthalmology

دوره 61 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1977