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Glaucoma Drainage Implants

Medical Definition: Devices, usually incorporating unidirectional valves, which are surgically inserted in the sclera to maintain normal intraocular pressure.
Also Called: Baerveldt Implants,Krupin Valves
Glaucoma Drainage Implants Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Molteno Implants - Devices implanted to control intraocular pressure by allowing aqueous fluid to drain from the anterior chamber. (Hoffman, Pocket Glossary of Ophthalmologic Terminology, 1989)

Glaucoma Drainage Implants Medical Definitions and Terms

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