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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 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