Clinical Experience with the Baerveldt 250-mm Glaucoma Implant

Purpose To report the intermediate-term results of the Baerveldt 250-mm2 Glaucoma Implant for treatment of adult glaucoma. Design Retrospective, noncomparative, interventional case series. Participants One hundred eight adult patients (108 eyes) with glaucoma who received a Baerveldt 250-mm2 Glaucom...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.) Minn.), 2006-05, Vol.113 (5), p.766-772
Hauptverfasser:	Wudunn, Darrell, Phan, Anh-Danh T, Cantor, Louis B, Lind, John T, Cortes, Arnold, Wu, Bin
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Sprache:	eng
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Zusammenfassung:	Purpose To report the intermediate-term results of the Baerveldt 250-mm2 Glaucoma Implant for treatment of adult glaucoma. Design Retrospective, noncomparative, interventional case series. Participants One hundred eight adult patients (108 eyes) with glaucoma who received a Baerveldt 250-mm2 Glaucoma Implant. Intervention Implantation of the Baerveldt 250-mm2 Glaucoma Implant. Main Outcome Measures Intraocular pressure (IOP), visual acuity, number of glaucoma medications, and surgical complications. Success was defined as IOP >= 6 mmHg and
ISSN:	0161-6420
DOI:	10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.01.049