Glaucoma Drainage Implants

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64 relevant articles (6 outcomes, 4 trials/studies) found for this Therapy

Description: Devices, usually incorporating unidirectional valves, which are surgically inserted in the sclera to maintain normal intraocular pressure.

Also Known As:

Aqueous Humor Shunts; Aqueous Humor Shunt; Aqueous Shunt; Drainage Implant, Glaucoma; Drainage Implants, Glaucoma; Filtration Implant, Glaucoma; Filtration Implants, Glaucoma; Glaucoma Drainage Implant; Glaucoma Filtration Implant; Implant, Glaucoma Drainage; Implant, Glaucoma Filtration; Implants, Baerveldt; Implants, Glaucoma Drainage; Implants, Glaucoma Filtration; Shunt, Aqueous; Shunt, Aqueous Humor; Shunts, Aqueous; Shunts, Aqueous Humor; Valves, Krupin; Aqueous Shunts; Baerveldt Implants; Glaucoma Filtration Implants; Krupin Valves

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Therapy Context: Research Results

Equipment and Supplies

Prostheses and Implants: 9948

Glaucoma Drainage Implants: 64

Molteno Implants: 25

Experts

1.	Singh, Kuldev: 3 articles (06/2008 - 10/2002)
2.	Budenz, D L: 3 articles (07/2001 - 03/2000)
3.	Gedde, S J: 2 articles (07/2001 - 03/2000)
4.	Flynn, H W: 2 articles (07/2001 - 03/2000)
5.	Scott, I U: 2 articles (07/2001 - 03/2000)
6.	Lin, Shan C: 1 article (06/2008)
7.	Jampel, Henry D: 1 article (06/2008)
8.	Minckler, Don S: 1 article (06/2008)
9.	Samples, John R: 1 article (06/2008)
10.	Francis, Brian A: 1 article (06/2008)

Related Diseases

1.	Glaucoma 12/01/2003 - "CONCLUSIONS: Aqueous shunt implantation offers a significantly greater chance of successful glaucoma control in the first 2 years of life, compared with trabeculectomy with MMC" 01/01/2002 - "CONCLUSIONS: Aqueous shunts were relatively effective in this series of infants with recalcitrant glaucoma." 11/01/2007 - "CONCLUSIONS: Molteno and Baerveldt glaucoma drainage implants surgery seems to be safe and effective treatment for primary and secondary pediatric glaucoma refractory to the initial surgical procedure and medical therapy." 08/01/2002 - "CONCLUSION: Tube fenestrations provide safe and effective short-term intraocular pressure control with fewer glaucoma medications in a ligated nonvalved glaucoma drainage implant, with comparable intraocular pressure control and medications required at 1 year" 11/01/2007 - "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" Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Cataract (Cataracts) 02/01/2004 - "PURPOSE: To examine the safety and efficacy of combined phacoemulsification and glaucoma drainage implant surgery in providing reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP) and visual rehabilitation in eyes with refractory glaucoma and cataract" 04/01/2004 - "Update on antifibrotic use in glaucoma surgery, including use in trabeculectomy and glaucoma drainage implants and combined cataract and glaucoma surgery." 02/01/2004 - "CONCLUSION: For subjects with refractory glaucoma and cataract, combined phacoemulsification and glaucoma drainage implant surgery provide good visual rehabilitation and control of IOP, with low incidence of complications." 02/01/2004 - "Surgical outcomes of combined phacoemulsification and glaucoma drainage implant surgery for Asian patients with refractory glaucoma with cataract." 01/01/2008 - "A 3-0 polypropylene suture can be tied, trimmed, and inserted into a glaucoma drainage implant tube, in select cases, to maintain the anterior chamber during cataract surgery." Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	Syndrome 05/01/1999 - "Long-term outcome of aqueous shunt surgery in ten patients with iridocorneal endothelial syndrome." 09/01/1993 - "Pseudo-Brown's syndrome as a complication of glaucoma drainage implant surgery." 05/01/1999 - "CONCLUSION: Aqueous shunt surgery appears to be an effective method for IOP lowering in some eyes with ICE syndrome-related glaucoma when medical treatment or conventional filtration surgeries fail, but additional glaucoma procedures and/or aqueous shunt revisions and tube repositionings are not uncommon." 05/01/1999 - "PARTICIPANTS: The authors reviewed charts of ten patients with ICE syndrome-related glaucoma who underwent aqueous shunt surgery at one institution between 1987 and 1996" 05/01/1999 - "PURPOSE: To report the long-term outcome of ten patients with iridocorneal endothelial (ICE) syndrome who underwent aqueous shunt surgery for uncontrolled glaucoma" Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Blister (Bulla) 11/01/2002 - "When functioning aqueous shunts fail and there is no evidence of a bleb over the shunt reservoir or blockage of the internal ostium, ingrowth of fibrous tissue into the external ostium should be considered as a potential cause, especially if a ripcord or Latina suture has been left in place." 09/01/2001 - "CONCLUSION: Kinking of the tube at its scleral entry site should be recognized as a possible cause of increased intraocular pressure without bleb formation after pars plana insertion of a glaucoma drainage implant." 02/01/1996 - "The six remaining tPA irrigations were done in five patients after glaucoma drainage implant surgery (n=4) or surgical/needle revision of a filtering bleb (n=2)" 02/01/2000 - "PURPOSE: This experimental study was conducted to report perfusion characteristics of small diameter, cylindrical aqueous shunts in normal rabbit eyes and to test the hypothesis that decreasing bleb diameter would decrease capsular fibrosis, as evidenced by a thinner capsule forming around the implant" 03/01/2001 - "Epithelial ingrowth of the bleb cavity, a true Tenon cyst, is a rare complication of a glaucoma drainage implant" Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) 05/01/1994 - "Modification of the glaucoma drainage implant to prevent early postoperative hypertension and hypotony: a laboratory study." Order ALL the reference details at left...

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2.	Cyclosporine (Ciclosporin)
3.	Retinaldehyde (Retinal)
4.	Polypropylenes (Polypropylene)
5.	Collagen
6.	tranilast (N 5')

Related Therapies and Procedures

1.	Trabeculectomy (Trabeculoplasty)
2.	Phacoemulsification
3.	Filtering Surgery
4.	Penetrating Keratoplasty
5.	Vitrectomy

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