Aqueous shunts in the treatment of glaucoma

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 661-666

  Mosaed, Sameh ^a   Minckler, Donald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aqueous shunts; glaucoma drainage device; glaucoma implant; surgical glaucoma; tube shunt

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SHUNTS; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE DEVICES; GLAUCOMA IMPLANT; SURGICAL GLAUCOMA; TUBE SHUNT;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); REFRACTORY MATERIALS; SURGERY;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; DISEASE CONTROL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL RISK; TRABECULOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANIMALS; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 77956469123     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.10.32     Document Type: Review

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