Ultrasound biomicroscopy and its value in predicting the long term outcome of viscocanalostomy

Roters, S; Lüke, C; Jonescu-Cuypers, Christian Paul; Engels, B F; Jacobi, P C; Konen, W; Krieglstein, G K

doi:10.1136/bjo.86.9.997

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Ultrasound biomicroscopy and its value in predicting the long term outcome of viscocanalostomy

ContributorsRoters, S; Lüke, C; Jonescu-Cuypers, Christian Paul; Engels, B F; Jacobi, P C; Konen, W; Krieglstein, G K

Published inBritish Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 86, no. 9, p. 997-1001

Publication date2002

Abstract

To examine whether the early postoperative morphology at the site of sclerectomy, as visualised by ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM), is an indicator of the mechanisms that lower intraocular pressure (IOP) and/or predictors of the long term outcome of viscocanalostomy.

Keywords

Adult
Female
Glaucoma
Open-Angle/diagnostic imaging/surgery
Humans
Intraocular Pressure
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Period
Retrospective Studies
Sclera/diagnostic imaging
Time Factors
Trabecular Meshwork
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonography

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Ophtalmologie expérimentale (925)

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ROTERS, S et al. Ultrasound biomicroscopy and its value in predicting the long term outcome of viscocanalostomy. In: British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2002, vol. 86, n° 9, p. 997–1001. doi: 10.1136/bjo.86.9.997

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PID : unige:154256
DOI : 10.1136/bjo.86.9.997
PMID : 12185126

Additional URL for this publicationhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1771286/

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Ultrasound biomicroscopy and its value in predicting the long term outcome of viscocanalostomy

To examine whether the early postoperative morphology at the site of sclerectomy, as visualised by ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM), is an indicator of the mechanisms that lower intraocular pressure (IOP) and/or predictors of the long term outcome of viscocanalostomy.

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