filtering surgery

Preferred Label : filtering surgery;

MeSH definition : 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);

MeSH synonym : filtration surgery; surgery, filtration; surgery, filtering;

MeSH annotation : in glaucoma surg; do not use /util except by MeSH definition; DF: FILTERING SURG;

Details

Origin ID

D018463;

UMLS CUI

C0242673;

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Record concept(s)
- filtering surgery [MeSH concept]
See also
- glaucoma [MeSH Descriptor]
- molteno implants [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]

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