Fluid Dynamics of Small Diameter Tubes Used in Membrane-tube Type Glaucoma Shunt Devices.

CONCLUSIONS: The small diameter tubes of 100 and 200 μm internal diameters, with 7-0 and 5-0 nylon intraluminal stents, respectively, used in the MT-type glaucoma shunt device showed safe and effective outflow characteristics.
PMID: 31389214 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Korean Journal of Ophthalmology : KJO - August 9, 2019 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Korean J Ophthalmol Source Type: research