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The Evolution of Glaucoma Drainage Implants

The modern glaucoma drainage implant era was initiated with implantation of a plate posterior to the limbus connected to the anterior chamber by a long silicone tube. Non-restrictive (Molteno and Baerveldt implants) and flow-restrictive (Ahmed Glaucoma Valve) implants were developed. With increased...

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Autores principales: Ashburn, Frank S., Netland, Peter A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6210865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30479721
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jovr.jovr_26_18
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description The modern glaucoma drainage implant era was initiated with implantation of a plate posterior to the limbus connected to the anterior chamber by a long silicone tube. Non-restrictive (Molteno and Baerveldt implants) and flow-restrictive (Ahmed Glaucoma Valve) implants were developed. With increased clinical experience, variables influencing success and failure of glaucoma drainage implant surgery were better understood. In an iterative process, complications were reduced and indications for drainage implant surgery were broadened. Growth of utilization of glaucoma drainage implants has dramatically increased in recent years. Glaucoma drainage implants have improved the prognosis for surgical success for refractory glaucoma, and have a well-established role in the surgical treatment of glaucoma.
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spelling pubmed-62108652018-11-26 The Evolution of Glaucoma Drainage Implants Ashburn, Frank S. Netland, Peter A. J Ophthalmic Vis Res Perspective The modern glaucoma drainage implant era was initiated with implantation of a plate posterior to the limbus connected to the anterior chamber by a long silicone tube. Non-restrictive (Molteno and Baerveldt implants) and flow-restrictive (Ahmed Glaucoma Valve) implants were developed. With increased clinical experience, variables influencing success and failure of glaucoma drainage implant surgery were better understood. In an iterative process, complications were reduced and indications for drainage implant surgery were broadened. Growth of utilization of glaucoma drainage implants has dramatically increased in recent years. Glaucoma drainage implants have improved the prognosis for surgical success for refractory glaucoma, and have a well-established role in the surgical treatment of glaucoma. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6210865/ /pubmed/30479721 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jovr.jovr_26_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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