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Procedural Treatments: Glaucoma Drainage Devices

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Since the principle goal of tube shunt surgery is to lower IOP, the answer to this question easily could be considered the main factor in selecting a device. However, no one shunt has become the predominant choice of glaucoma surgeons, yet. The reason for this may be that there is not a clearly superior design with regards to IOP, that there is a superior design but the available evidence does not reveal this fact, or that factors other than IOP lowering ability influence a surgeons’ selection of device.

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The authors express their appreciation to Dale Heuer, MD for encouragement and helpful advice.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, The Eye Institute, 925 N 87th Street, Milwukee, WI, 53226, USA

    David Dueker

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  1. Jules Stein Eye Institute, Stein Plaza 100, Los Angeles, 90095, U.S.A.

    JoAnn A. Giaconi

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    Anne L. Coleman

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Dueker, D., Robinson, J. (2010). Procedural Treatments: Glaucoma Drainage Devices. In: Giaconi, J., Law, S., Coleman, A., Caprioli, J. (eds) Pearls of Glaucoma Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68240-0_38

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