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Clinical Trial
. 1992 May;99(5):672-6; discussion 676-8.
doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(92)31911-6.

Aqueous shunts. Molteno versus Schocket

R P Wilson  1 , L Cantor, L J Katz, C M Schmidt, W C Steinmann, S Allee
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Clinical Trial

Aqueous shunts. Molteno versus Schocket

R P Wilson et al. Ophthalmology. 1992 May.

Abstract

The authors conducted a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial to test whether the Schocket shunt with a larger shunt reservoir surface area would provide a lower final intraocular pressure than the double-plate Molteno implant. However, the Molteno implant produced a statistically lower intraocular pressure at 6 months compared with the Schocket shunt. Postoperative visual acuity, glaucoma medications, and complications were not statistically different.

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