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Relationship Between the Technique of Surgical Trabeculectomy and the Final Post-Operative Result

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Glaucoma Update II

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Reports have suggested that varying the technique of trabeculectomy will alter the final result [1–12]. The present study was designed to test this hypothesis.

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Spaeth, G.L., Poryzees, E.M. (1983). Relationship Between the Technique of Surgical Trabeculectomy and the Final Post-Operative Result. In: Krieglstein, G.K., Leydhecker, W. (eds) Glaucoma Update II. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69096-9_10

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