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Filtering Surgery

Known as: Surgery, Filtration, filter surgery, Surgery, Filtering 
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… 
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Educational aspectsGlaucomaMolteno Implantslegislation & jurisprudence

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor reduces scar formation after glaucoma filtration surgery.
PURPOSE Filtration failure due to excessive postoperative scarring remains a major problem after glaucoma surgery. The authors… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Morphologic Classification of Filtering Blebs after Glaucoma Filtration Surgery: The Indiana Bleb Appearance Grading Scale
PurposeTo establish a new classification system for filtering blebs according to clinical morphologic parameters. The purpose of… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Evaluation of anti-TGF-beta2 antibody as a new postoperative anti-scarring agent in glaucoma surgery.
PURPOSE Postoperative subconjunctival wound healing remains the commonest cause of late bleb failure after glaucoma filtration… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Ocular surface inflammatory changes induced by topical antiglaucoma drugs: human and animal studies.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Human anti-transforming growth factor-beta2 antibody: a new glaucoma anti-scarring agent.
PURPOSE Currently available anti-scarring regimens for glaucoma filtration surgery have potentially blinding complications and… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Long-term survival of Molteno glaucoma drainage devices.
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Adverse effects of topical antiglaucoma medication. II. The outcome of filtration surgery.
Objective: To determine the effect of long-term topical antiglaucoma therapy on the results of glaucoma filtration surgery and to… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Effect of brief exposure to mitomycin C on viability and proliferation of cultured human Tenon's capsule fibroblasts.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Cellular proliferation after experimental glaucoma filtration surgery.
We used light microscopic autoradiography to determine the time course of cellular incorporation of tritiated thymidine (a… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Adjusting the dose of 5-fluorouracil after filtration surgery to minimize side effects.
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