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Trabeculectomy

Known as: Trabeculectomies, Trabeculoplasties, Trabeculoplasty 
Any surgical procedure for treatment of glaucoma by means of puncture or reshaping of the trabecular meshwork. It includes goniotomy, trabeculectomy… 
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AblationCiliary BodyEducational aspectsGlaucoma

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Goniopuncture without goniotomy (procedure)Trabeculotomy ab externo

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty Versus Medical Therapy as Initial Treatment of Glaucoma: A Prospective, Randomized Trial
PurposeTo compare outcomes of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) with drug therapy for glaucoma patients in a prospective… 
Review
2012
Review
2012
A twenty-year follow-up study of trabeculectomy: risk factors and outcomes.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Treatment outcomes in the tube versus trabeculectomy study after one year of follow-up.
Review
2001
Review
2001
Trabeculectomy, risk factors for failure and the preoperative state of the conjunctiva.
Trabeculectomy remains the gold-standard surgical method for reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP) in the management of… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Nonpenetrating deep sclerectomy versus trabeculectomy in bilateral primary open-angle glaucoma.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Ocular surface inflammatory changes induced by topical antiglaucoma drugs: human and animal studies.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Selective laser trabeculoplasty vargon laser trabeculoplasty: a prospective randomised clinical trial
AIMS To compare the effectiveness of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT, a 532 nm Nd:YAG laser) with argon laser… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
The Glaucoma Laser Trial (GLT). 2. Results of argon laser trabeculoplasty versus topical medicines
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Why is intraocular pressure elevated in chronic simple glaucoma? Anatomical considerations.
Review
1979
Review
1979
Filtering surgery in children: barriers to success.
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