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New shunt devices in glaucoma surgery /

Ekhteyar Ghaleb Qasem Qaid

New shunt devices in glaucoma surgery / الأجهزة الحديثة لتصريف السائل المائى فى عمليات المياه الزرقاء Ekhteyar Ghaleb Qasem Qaid ; Supervised Mahmoud Ahmed Heshmat AboSteit , Ahmed Mounir Shalaby , Ahmed Mohamed Sherif - Cairo : Ekhteyar Ghaleb Qasem Qaid , 2014 - 170 Leaves : facsimiles ; 30cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Ophthalmology

Many recent efforts have been directed towards new micro invasive procedures that have more safety profile using new micro-shunt devices with different approaches either by: Enhancing the filtration into Subconjunctival space: ExPress and XEN gel device enhancing Shlemms canal pathway Hydrus, TM Istent and iStent inject, enhancing the filtration into Suprachoriodal space: Gold micro-shunt, STARflo and CyPass. Those micro shunt devices provide an ideal surgical therapeutic approach to glaucoma management. They are easy to perform, reproducible, and effective for adequate IOP control with low incidence of postoperative complications



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