 Filtering Surgery
"Filtering Surgery" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A surgical procedure used in treatment of glaucoma in which an opening is created through which aqueous fluid may pass from the anterior chamber into a sac created beneath the conjunctiva, thus lowering the pressure within the eye. (Hoffman, Pocket Glossary of Ophthalmologic Terminology, 1989)
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D018463
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.540.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Filtering Surgery- Filtering Surgery
- Surgery, Filtration
- Filtration Surgery
- Surgery, Filtering
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| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Filtering Surgery" by people in Profiles.
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Olson JL, Groman-Lupa S. Design and performance of a large lumen glaucoma drainage device. Eye (Lond). 2017 Jan; 31(1):152-156.
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SooHoo JR, Golas L, Marando CM, Seibold LK, Pantcheva MB, Ramulu PY, Kahook MY. Glaucoma Patient Treatment Preferences. Ophthalmology. 2016 07; 123(7):1621-2.
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Kahook MY, Seibold LK, SooHoo JR, Mansouri K, Sharaawy T. A nuanced approach to the surgical management of glaucoma. Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol. 2015 Jan-Mar; 22(1):1.
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Kahook MY. December consultation #7. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2015 Jan; 41(1):243-4; discussion 246.
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SooHoo JR, Seibold LK, Kahook MY. Recent advances in the management of neovascular glaucoma. Semin Ophthalmol. 2013 May; 28(3):165-72.
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Seibold LK, Sherwood MB, Kahook MY. Wound modulation after filtration surgery. Surv Ophthalmol. 2012 Nov; 57(6):530-50.
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SooHoo JR, Seibold LK, Laing AE, Kahook MY. Bleb morphology and histology in a rabbit model of glaucoma filtration surgery using Ozurdex? or mitomycin-C. Mol Vis. 2012; 18:714-9.
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Laing AE, Seibold LK, SooHoo JR, Kahook MY. Evaluation of bleb characteristics after implantation of the EX-PRESS? glaucoma filtration device. Mol Vis. 2012; 18:10-3.
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Hendrick AM, Kahook MY. Ex-PRESS mini glaucoma shunt: surgical technique and review of clinical experience. Expert Rev Med Devices. 2008 Nov; 5(6):673-7.
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Kahook MY, Noecker RJ, Abdelghani WM, Schuman JS. Filtering bleb rupture after intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide injection. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2008 May-Jun; 39(3):232-3.
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