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Trab vs. Tube, a 15-year Retrospective: What Have We Learned in 20 Years?

2008; Elsevier BV; Volume: 115; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.05.024

1549-4713

Jonathan C. Javitt,

Corneal surgery and disorders

In this month's issue, Stein et al1 present a fascinating and provocative assessment of long-term complications of incisional glaucoma surgery, based on analysis of Medicare claims data. They used methodology first published in 1990 and refined over the subsequent 2 decades as Medicare claims data have become more detailed, and computational technology for manipulating multi-gigabyte–sized data files has become widespread.2 In 1990, this analysis required a mainframe computer and the mounting and dismounting of 30 reels of magnetic tape.