"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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| 2003 | 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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Patterns of care for open-angle glaucoma in managed care. Arch Ophthalmol. 2003 Jun; 121(6):777-83.