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Background Glaucoma drainage implants have been used with increasing frequency for the management of glaucoma. Patients who are candidates for glaucoma drainage devices often have more severe disease and are at risk of vision loss with post-operative ...
Monica Kenney Ertel +5 more
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Intraluminal Deposits Found in Glaucoma Tube Shunts Via Anterior Segment Ocular Coherence Tomography [PDF]
PURPOSE: To describe and characterize a novel observation of intraluminal deposits of glaucoma tube shunts (TS) using spectral domain (SD) ocular coherence topography (OCT).
Alvarado, Jorge A. +2 more
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Primary tubes in siblings of a South Indian family with total aniridia and glaucoma
Aniridia is an uncommon hereditary bilateral panocular disorder affecting not only the iris but also the cornea, anterior chamber angle, lens, retina, and optic nerve with associated life-threatening conditions.
Vijayalakshmi A Senthilkumar +3 more
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Keratoprostheses for corneal blindness: a review of contemporary devices [PDF]
According to the World Health Organization, globally 4.9 million are blind due to corneal pathology. Corneal transplantation is successful and curative of the blindness for a majority of these cases. However, it is less successful in a number of diseases
Avadhanam, Venkata +2 more
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Wireless Intraocular Pressure Sensing Using Microfabricated Minimally Invasive Flexible-Coiled LC Sensor Implant [PDF]
This paper presents an implant-based wireless pressure sensing paradigm for long-range continuous intraocular pressure (IOP) monitoring of glaucoma patients. An implantable parylene-based pressure sensor has been developed, featuring an electrical LC-
Chen, Po-Jui +4 more
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Management of post glaucoma drainage device-related endophthalmitis: To retain or to remove?
Glaucoma drainage devices (GDD) play important role in the management of intractable glaucoma. Endophthalmitis in such cases though is a rare occurrence, could still be a vision threatening complication.
S Usha Tejaswini, Srinivasan Kavitha
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This paper presents a preliminary study into stiction between parylene C and substrate surfaces for biocompatible check-valve applications. During fabrication, parylene C is used as the structural material for the check-valve.
Chen, Po-Jui +3 more
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Rare diseases leading to childhood Glaucoma. epidemiology, pathophysiogenesis, and management [PDF]
Noteworthy heterogeneity exists in the rare diseases associated with childhood glaucoma. Primary congenital glaucoma is mostly sporadic; however, 10% to 40% of cases are familial. CYP1B1 gene mutations seem to account for 87% of familial cases and 27% of
Abdolrahimzadeh, Solmaz +5 more
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Patients with a keratoprosthesis often develop complications including glaucoma, requiring glaucoma drainage devices. In most of these patients, glaucoma drainage devices have been shown to be safe and effective.
Daniel J. Oh +4 more
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Glaucoma in Axenfeld–Rieger Syndrome. A Clinical Case [PDF]
Background: AxenfeldRieger syndrome is a genetically heterogeneous group of morphogenesis disorders associated with abnormal development of the anterior segment of the eye, teeth, the organ of hearing, and abdominal region.
Anna V. Starostina +3 more
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