A computational fluid dynamics investigation of endothelial cell damage from glaucoma drainage devices

• Main Authors: Basson, Nicol, Peng, Chao-Hong Surachai, Geoghegan, Patrick, van der Lecq, Tshilidzi, Steven, David, Williams, Susan, Lim, An Eng, Ho, Wei Hua
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Engineering; Ahmed valve; Anterior eye chamber
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174943
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Glaucoma drainage devices (GDDs) are prosthetic-treatment devices for treating primary open-angle glaucoma. Despite their effectiveness in reducing intraocular pressures (IOP), endothelial cell damage (ECD) is a commonly known side-effect. There have been different hypotheses regarding the reasons f...