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The tube versus trabeculectomy study: design and baseline characteristics of study patients.

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Gedde, SJ; Schiffman, JC; Feuer, WJ; Parrish, RK; Heuer, DK; Brandt, JD; Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study Group,
Published in: Am J Ophthalmol
August 2005

PURPOSE: The Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (TVT) Study will compare the safety and efficacy of nonvalved tube shunt surgery to trabeculectomy with mitomycin C in patients with previous intraocular surgery. DESIGN: Multicenter randomized clinical trial. SETTING: 17 Clinical Centers. STUDY POPULATION: Patients 18 to 85 years of age who have undergone previous trabeculectomy, cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation, or both and have inadequately controlled glaucoma with intraocular pressure (IOP) >or=18 mm Hg and

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Am J Ophthalmol

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0002-9394

Publication Date

August 2005

Volume

140

Issue

2

Start / End Page

275 / 287

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Field Tests
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Trabeculectomy
  • Tonometry, Ocular
  • Safety
  • Research Design
  • Quality of Life
  • Prosthesis Implantation
  • Ophthalmoscopy
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry
 

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Gedde, S. J., Schiffman, J. C., Feuer, W. J., Parrish, R. K., Heuer, D. K., Brandt, J. D., & Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study Group, . (2005). The tube versus trabeculectomy study: design and baseline characteristics of study patients. Am J Ophthalmol, 140(2), 275–287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2005.03.031
Gedde, Steven J., Joyce C. Schiffman, William J. Feuer, Richard K. Parrish, Dale K. Heuer, James D. Brandt, and James D. Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study Group. “The tube versus trabeculectomy study: design and baseline characteristics of study patients.Am J Ophthalmol 140, no. 2 (August 2005): 275–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2005.03.031.
Gedde SJ, Schiffman JC, Feuer WJ, Parrish RK, Heuer DK, Brandt JD, et al. The tube versus trabeculectomy study: design and baseline characteristics of study patients. Am J Ophthalmol. 2005 Aug;140(2):275–87.
Gedde, Steven J., et al. “The tube versus trabeculectomy study: design and baseline characteristics of study patients.Am J Ophthalmol, vol. 140, no. 2, Aug. 2005, pp. 275–87. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2005.03.031.
Gedde SJ, Schiffman JC, Feuer WJ, Parrish RK, Heuer DK, Brandt JD, Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study Group. The tube versus trabeculectomy study: design and baseline characteristics of study patients. Am J Ophthalmol. 2005 Aug;140(2):275–287.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Ophthalmol

DOI

ISSN

0002-9394

Publication Date

August 2005

Volume

140

Issue

2

Start / End Page

275 / 287

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Visual Field Tests
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Trabeculectomy
  • Tonometry, Ocular
  • Safety
  • Research Design
  • Quality of Life
  • Prosthesis Implantation
  • Ophthalmoscopy
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry