Ex-PRESS™ Mini Glaucoma Shunt: Surgical technique and review of clinical experience

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 673-677

  Hendrick, Andrew M ^a   Kahook, Malik Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ex PRESS ; Filtration surgery; Glaucoma; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHOROID HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTERING OPERATION; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRABECULECTOMY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

STAINLESS STEEL;

FILTERING SURGERY; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STAINLESS STEEL; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149389513     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.5.6.673     Document Type: Review

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