"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Filtering Surgery" by people in Profiles.
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Freedman SF, Kraker RT, Repka MX, Wallace DK, de Alba Campomanes A, Yanovitch TL, Orge FH, Gearinger MD. Incidence and Management of Glaucoma or Glaucoma Suspect in the First Year After Pediatric Lensectomy. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020 01 01; 138(1):71-75.
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Sluch IM, Khaimi MA, Ding K, Sarkisian SR. Efficacy of selective laser trabeculoplasty after canaloplasty. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2016 Aug; 44(6):522-3.
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Shen LQ, Kloek CE, Turalba AV. Assessing the Effect of a Glaucoma Surgical Curriculum in Resident Physicians. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2015 Sep; 133(9):1077-80.
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O'Malley Schotthoefer E, Yanovitch TL, Freedman SF. Aqueous drainage device surgery in refractory pediatric glaucoma: II. Ocular motility consequences. J AAPOS. 2008 Feb; 12(1):40-5.
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O'Malley Schotthoefer E, Yanovitch TL, Freedman SF. Aqueous drainage device surgery in refractory pediatric glaucomas: I. Long-term outcomes. J AAPOS. 2008 Feb; 12(1):33-9.
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Atreides SP, Skuta GL, Reynolds AC. Wound healing modulation in glaucoma filtering surgery. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2004; 44(2):61-106.
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Katz GJ, Higginbotham EJ, Lichter PR, Skuta GL, Musch DC, Bergstrom TJ, Johnson AT. Mitomycin C versus 5-fluorouracil in high-risk glaucoma filtering surgery. Extended follow-up. Ophthalmology. 1995 Sep; 102(9):1263-9.