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filtration surgery

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filtration surgery
A surgical procedure aimed at lowering the intraocular pressure by producing an outflow of aqueous humour through a drainage passage created in the sclera between the anterior chamber and the subconjunctival space. See glaucoma surgery; deep sclerectomy; trabeculectomy; viscocanalostomy.
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