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Fig. 4. With non-valved shunts, such as the Baerveldt or Molteno implants, an occlusive ligature is required to prevent hypotony in the early postoperative period. In (A) and (B) (arrow) a 7/0 vicryl (Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson International, Brussels, Belgium) is used to produce total occlusion. Adapted with permission from Shaarawy et al. (2008). Courtesy of Moorfields Eye Hospital.

area (184 mm2). The tube portions are identical and approximately 23 gauge in external diameter. Versions with smaller plates designed for pediatric eyes are also available.

2.The Baerveldt Glaucoma Implant features a large (250 or 350 mm2) flexible silicone plate that is noticeably different from the Ahmed valve in that it is significantly thinner and

broader, and is barium impregnated to make it radio-opaque. The wings of the 350-mm2 implant (101-350 or 102-350) are usually placed under the adjacent rectus muscles. In order to avoid interference with muscle function, they are often placed about 1 mm behind the muscle insertion and the plate is secured tightly to sclera to avoid movement.

It is also possible to implant the Baerveldt 101-350 with the wings on top of the muscles, and this is sometimes performed in patients with extensive scarring around the muscles,

most commonly in patients who have had extensive retinal surgery. The 250-mm2 implant has smaller wings, which extend less far under the adjacent rectus muscles.

3.The classical Molteno implant is available as a single polypropylene plate (135 mm2) and as a double-plated version in which the two plates are connected by a tube, similar in

manufacture to the anterior chamber tube portion of the implant. The implant is designed so that the two plates sit in the superonasal and superotemporal quadrants (or inferonasal and inferotemporal), respectively, and the interconnecting tube courses under the superior (or inferior) rectus muscle. This necessitates passing one of the plates under the relevant rectus muscle during implantation, although some surgeons drape the interconnecting tube over the interposed rectus muscle rather than passing a plate under it.

A modification of the Molteno implant includes a pressure ridge that was designed to retard filling of the bleb and prevent hypotony. A smaller pediatric version of the Molteno implant also exists.

The Molteno 3 implant is a flexible larger singleplate implant that has recently been released. There are two plate sizes, 175 and 230 mm2.

Comparative studies

At the time of writing, nonrandomized retrospective studies provide the majority of comparative data between the Baerveldt implant and the Ahmed Glaucoma Valve (Tsai et al., 2006), though