Biomaterial Database

Preventing and treating complications of Baerveldt Glaucoma Drainage Device surgery. 2004

Herbert P Fechter, and Richard K Parrish

Ophthalmology Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 6900 Georgia Avenue, Washington, DC 20307-5001, USA.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007429	Intraocular Pressure	The pressure of the fluids in the eye.	Ocular Tension,Intraocular Pressures,Ocular Tensions,Pressure, Intraocular,Pressures, Intraocular,Tension, Ocular,Tensions, Ocular
D007431	Intraoperative Complications	Complications that affect patients during surgery. They may or may not be associated with the disease for which the surgery is done, or within the same surgical procedure.	Peroperative Complications,Surgical Injuries,Complication, Intraoperative,Complication, Peroperative,Injuries, Surgical,Complications, Intraoperative,Complications, Peroperative,Injury, Surgical,Intraoperative Complication,Peroperative Complication,Surgical Injury
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D005901	Glaucoma	An ocular disease, occurring in many forms, having as its primary characteristics an unstable or a sustained increase in the intraocular pressure which the eye cannot withstand without damage to its structure or impairment of its function. The consequences of the increased pressure may be manifested in a variety of symptoms, depending upon type and severity, such as excavation of the optic disk, hardness of the eyeball, corneal anesthesia, reduced visual acuity, seeing of colored halos around lights, disturbed dark adaptation, visual field defects, and headaches. (Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)	Glaucomas
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D020327	Glaucoma Drainage Implants	Devices, usually incorporating unidirectional valves, which are surgically inserted in the sclera to maintain normal intraocular pressure.	Aqueous Humor Shunt,Aqueous Shunt,Aqueous Shunts,Baerveldt Implant,Baerveldt Implants,Glaucoma Drainage Implant,Glaucoma Filtration Implant,Glaucoma Filtration Implants,Krupin Valve,Krupin Valves,Aqueous Humor Shunts,Drainage Implant, Glaucoma,Drainage Implants, Glaucoma,Filtration Implant, Glaucoma,Filtration Implants, Glaucoma,Implant, Baerveldt,Implant, Glaucoma Drainage,Implant, Glaucoma Filtration,Implants, Baerveldt,Implants, Glaucoma Drainage,Implants, Glaucoma Filtration,Shunt, Aqueous,Shunt, Aqueous Humor,Shunts, Aqueous,Shunts, Aqueous Humor,Valve, Krupin,Valves, Krupin