Performance of a new, low-volume, high-surface area aqueous shunt in normal rabbit eyes

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 74-82

  Wilcox, Michael J ^a   Barad, James P ^a   Wilcox, Christopher C ^a   Peebles, Elizabeth L ^a   Minckler, Donald S ^b  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous shunt device; Bleb fibrosis; Capsule thickness; Hydraulic conductivity; Latex microspheres

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EVALUATION; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034441891     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-200002000-00013     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Tozzi CA, Poinanai GJ, Harangozo AM, Boyd CD, Riley DJ. Pressure-induced connective tissue synthesis in pulmonary artery segments is dependent on intact endothelium. J Clin Invest 1989; 84:1005-1012.
2. Riser BL, Cortes P, Zhao X, Bernstein J, Dumler F, Narins RG. Intraglomerular pressure and mesangial stretching stimulates extracellular matrix formation in rat. J Clin Invest 1992;90:1932-1943.
3. Wilcox MJ, Minckler DS. Hypothesis for improving accessory filtration by using geometry. J Glaucoma 1994;3:244-247.
4. Wilcox MJ, Minckler DS, Ogden TE. Pathophysiology of artificial aqueous drainage in primate eyes with Molteno implants. J Glaucoma 1994;3:140-151.
5. Parker SP (ed.). Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, Fifth edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.
6. Prata JA Jr., Minckler DS, Mermoud A, Baerveldt G. Effects of intraoperative Mitomycin-C on the function of Baerveldt glaucoma drainage implants in rabbits. J Glaucoma 1996;5:29-38.
7. Prata JA Jr., Santos RCR, LaBree L, Minckler DS. Surface area of glaucoma implants and perfusion flow rates in rabbit eyes. J Glaucoma 1995;4:274-280.
8. Ruch TC, Fulton JF. Medical Physiology and Biophysics. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1960.
9. 2 Baerveldt implant: long-term results (poster #206). Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmolmology; November 10, 1998; New Orleans, LA.
10. 2 Baerveldt implant, longer-term results: is bigger better? J Ophthalmol 1999;106:2312-2318.
11. Christmann LM, Wilson ME. Motility disturbances after Molteno implants. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 1992;29:44-48.
12. Munoz M, Parrish RK. Strabismus following implantation of Baerveldt drainage devices. Arch Ophthalmol 1993;111:1096.
13. Chen CW, Huang HT, Bair JS, Lee CC. Trabeculectomy with simultaneous topical application of mitomycin-C in refractory glaucoma. J Ocul Pharmacol 1990;6:175-182.
14. Palmer SS. Mitomycin as an adjunct chemotherapy with trabeculectomy. Ophthalmology 1991;98:317-321.
15. Kitazawa Y, Kawase K, Matsushita H, Minobe M. Trabeculectomy with mitomycin: a comparative study with fluorouracil. Arch Ophthalmol 1991;109:1693-1698.
16. Skuta GL, Beeson CC, Higginbotham EJ, Lichtner PR, Musch DC, Bergstrom TJ, Klein TB, Falck FY, Jr. Intraoperative mitomycin versus postoperative 5-fluorouracil in high risk glaucoma filtering surgery. Ophthalmology 1992;99:438-444.
17. Tahery MM, Lee DA. Pharmacologic control of wound healing in glaucoma filtering surgery. J Ocul Parmacol 1989;5:155.
18. Kec C, Youn D-H. Experimentally designed glaucoma implant surgery with Mitomycin C in rabbit. Korean J Ophthalmol 1995; 9:89-95.
19. Perkins TW, Cardakli UF, Eisele JR, Kaufman PL, Heatley GA. Adjunctive mitomycin C in Molteno implant surgery. Ophthalmology 1995;102:91-97.
20. Kim MK, Hyung S-M. Fibrous capsule surrounding silicone encircling band and Gore-Tex surgical membrane. Korean J Ophthalmol 1991;5:51-58.
21. Bae HB, Kim CS, Ahn BH. A membranous drainage implant in glaucoma filtering surgery: animal trial. Korean J Ophthalmol 1988;2:49-56.