"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)
| Descriptor ID |
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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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Filtering Surgery" by people in Profiles.
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Predictive Analytics for Glaucoma Using Data From the All of Us Research Program. Am J Ophthalmol. 2021 07; 227:74-86.
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Ab Interno Gel Implant for the Treatment of Glaucoma Patients With or Without Prior Glaucoma Surgery: 1-Year Results. J Glaucoma. 2017 Dec; 26(12):1130-1136.
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Topical silver nanoparticles result in improved bleb function by increasing filtration and reducing fibrosis in a rabbit model of filtration surgery. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013 Jul 24; 54(7):4982-90.
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Acquired Pseudo-Brown's syndrome immediately following Ahmed valve glaucoma implant. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers. 1999 May; 30(5):396-7.