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The Molteno implant has been increasingly utilized during the last several years as a means of controlling intraocular pressure (IOP) in complicated glaucomas [1]. We have studied the pathophysiology of this device utilizing laser-induced secondary glaucoma in the monkey eye as an experimental model [2]. This report summarizes our experimental animal and human pathologic studies of this device.
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Minckler, D.S., Shammas, A., Wilcox, M., Ogden, T.E. (1991). Pathophysiology of Molteno Implants. In: Krieglstein, G.K. (eds) Glaucoma Update IV. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76084-6_37
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