Glaucoma Drainage Implants
"Glaucoma Drainage Implants" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Devices, usually incorporating unidirectional valves, which are surgically inserted in the sclera to maintain normal intraocular pressure.
| Descriptor ID |
D020327
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E07.695.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Glaucoma Drainage Implants- Glaucoma Drainage Implants
- Drainage Implant, Glaucoma
- Drainage Implants, Glaucoma
- Glaucoma Drainage Implant
- Implant, Glaucoma Drainage
- Implants, Glaucoma Drainage
- Aqueous Shunts
- Aqueous Shunt
- Shunt, Aqueous
- Shunts, Aqueous
- Glaucoma Filtration Implants
- Filtration Implant, Glaucoma
- Filtration Implants, Glaucoma
- Glaucoma Filtration Implant
- Implant, Glaucoma Filtration
- Implants, Glaucoma Filtration
- Aqueous Humor Shunts
- Aqueous Humor Shunt
- Shunt, Aqueous Humor
- Shunts, Aqueous Humor
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| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Glaucoma Drainage Implants" by people in Profiles.
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Silicone Oil Beautifully Binding to an Ahmed Valve Tube. Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2021 Jul-Aug; 4(4):364.
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Five-Year Outcomes Prospective Study of Two First-Generation Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stents (iStent?) in Open-Angle Glaucoma. Curr Eye Res. 2021 02; 46(2):224-231.