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Glaucoma Drainage Implants in the Treatment of Refractory Glaucoma in Pediatric Patients

European Journal of Ophthalmology, 2007
Purpose The aim of this study is to report the clinical course, effectiveness, and safety of glaucoma drainage implants (Molteno and Baerveldt devices) in primary and secondary childhood glaucomas refractory to conventional surgical treatments and medical therapy. Methods This retrospective study included 76 children (76 eyes) younger than 18 years who
P Vondráček, Rudolf Autrata
exaly   +3 more sources

Glaucoma drainage implants in Asian eyes

Ophthalmology, 1998
Previous studies have suggested that there are racial differences in the outcome of conventional filtration surgery. This study aims to evaluate the outcome of glaucoma drainage implants in Asian eyes with complicated glaucoma and to determine whether there are racial differences in the results of such implant surgery compared to previous reports in ...
Steve K L Seah
exaly   +3 more sources

Outcome of Baerveldt glaucoma drainage implants for the treatment of uveitic glaucoma

Ophthalmology, 2002
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Baerveldt glaucoma drainage devices in the management of uveitic glaucoma.Retrospective, noncomparative case series.Twenty-four eyes of 24 patients who underwent implantation of Baerveldt glaucoma drainage devices between 1996 and 2000 for the treatment of uveitic glaucoma refractory to medical therapy ...
Richard K Parrish, Joyce C Schiffman
exaly   +3 more sources

Glaucoma drainage implants: a critical comparison of types

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology, 2006
The purpose of this review is to critically compare the various glaucoma drainage implants in popular use.Glaucoma drainage implants are being increasingly utilized in the surgical management of glaucoma. Comparisons between the various drainage implants are difficult because most clinical data are derived from retrospective studies with different ...
Kenneth S, Schwartz, Richard K, Lee, Steven J, Gedde   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Glaucoma drainage implants

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology, 1994
Glaucoma drainage implants provide a useful option in the management of complicated glaucomas for which the risk of failure of conventional filtering surgery is high. The basic design of these devices is similar; a silicone tube shunts aqueous humor from the anterior chamber to a fibrous capsule surrounding a synthetic plate or band positioned at the ...
P A, Sidoti, G, Baerveldt
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New glaucoma drainage implants available to glaucoma surgeons

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology, 2023
Purpose of review Glaucoma drainage device (GDD) implantation surgery is commonly performed by glaucoma specialists to treat complex and refractory glaucomas. Relative safety and efficacy data from randomized controlled trials conducted in the last two decades have sparked the interest in GDDs as possible surgical options ...
Mohamed, Khodeiry, Mohamed S, Sayed
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[Glaucoma drainage implants].

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde, 2010
The number of available glaucoma drainage implants has increased in recent years and now offers additional therapeutic opportunities in refractory glaucoma patients.In drainage surgery two different functional principles are practised. The most commonly used implants (Ahmed, Krupin, Schocket, Molteno, Baerveldt) drain ocular fluid via a silicone tube ...
E K, Reinthal, J M, Rohrbach, S, Grisanti   +2 more
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Glaucoma Drainage Implant Surgery

2012
Glaucoma drainage implant (GDI) surgery represents a significant advance in the treatment of refractory glaucomas. Recent randomized clinical trials have compared the efficacy and safety of this technique to standard trabeculectomy. Several types of implant are currently available and differ in surface area, shape, composition, and the presence or ...
Ahmad A, Aref, Steven J, Gedde, Donald L, Budenz   +2 more
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Glaucoma Drainage Implants in Pediatric Patients

Ophthalmology Clinics of North America, 2005
Approximately, one fifth of primary congenital glaucoma patients fail primary surgery. Also, some pediatric glaucomas respond poorly to goniotomy or trabeculectomy. In these situations, clinicians often choose trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C or a drainage implant as a surgical treatment.
Kyoko, Ishida, Anil K, Mandal, Peter A, Netland   +2 more
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Epithelial Ingrowth and Glaucoma Drainage Implants

Ophthalmology, 1994
The authors report four cases of conjunctival epithelial invasion into the fibrous capsule surrounding a Baerveldt glaucoma implant. All cases were associated with concurrent or recent prior scleral buckling surgery.Three patients had postoperative conjunctival wound leaks, one in the immediate postoperative period and the other two at 9 and 17 days ...
P A, Sidoti, D S, Minckler, G, Baerveldt, P P, Lee, D K, Heuer   +4 more
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