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Where Did It Go?

Robert A. Moses, MD; Walter J. Grodzki, Jr, DDS; Peter L. Carras, PhD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1985;103(11):1653-1655.

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In 1963, Bárány¹ presented an elegant theoretical discussion of aqueous humor dynamics. The possible modes of aqueous formation included a pump or secretion of aqueous into the eye and an ultrafiltration of aqueous from the intraocular capillaries to the lower-pressure eye cavity. Bárány called the proposed pressure-dependent ultrafiltration "pseudofacility," since when trabecular outflow facility ("true facility") is measured by any procedure that elevates intraocular pressure (P_i) (perfusion of the aqueous space, tonography, perilimbal suction cup) the increased P_i diminishes the pressure head between blood and eye cavity and decreases the rate of aqueous formation by ultrafiltration; the decreased aqueous inflow could easily be confused with the increased aqueous outflow also resulting from the imposed P_i elevation, and hence would be a false facility or pseudofacility.

Stimulated by Bárány's theoretical discussion, Brubaker and Kupfer² and Bill and Bárány³ searched for evidence of the formation of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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