Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients Implanted with Ex-PRESS Stainless Steel Glaucoma Drainage Microdevice

Our data demonstrate that interpretation of MRI scans of the orbit and brain is unaffected by the artifacts caused by the Ex-PRESS shunt, whereas optic nerve imaging may be affected. We are unaware of previous reports of this finding and could find no reference to it in a computerized search using PubMed.