Glaucoma filtration surgery has been a standard surgical therapy for decades. An increasing knowledge about wound healing processes in the eye, the introduction of antimetabolite treatment and continuous improvements of the surgical technique helped making trabeculectomy - the prototype filtration surgery - a very effective therapeutic tool. However, best results will only be regularly achieved with a high level of experience and time dedicated to postoperative follow-up. Furthermore, the potential for severe early and late complications still remains high. Thus, novel stent-based filtration surgery approaches, such as the Preserflo and the XEN shunt have been introduced. This review presents these three bleb-forming filtration procedures, covering the basic principles of surgical technique, data on effectivity as well as complications.
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- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- surgical site infection
- healthcare
- risk factors
- early onset
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- atrial fibrillation
- deep learning
- climate change
- smoking cessation
- human health
- replacement therapy
- data analysis
- optical coherence tomography