New implant for drainage in glaucoma. Animal trial.
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New implant for drainage in glaucoma. Animal trial.
The implant described in this communication is the direct descendent of a long series of artificial drainage devices which began when Zorab (I9I2) inserted a silk thread through the limbus in order to drain aqueous into the subconjunctival space in cases of glaucoma (see also Mayou, I9I2). Among the more recently described devices are teflon drainage tubes in man (Richards, I955; Epstein, 1959;...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1969
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.53.3.161