2009
DOI: 10.1097/icu.0b013e328323d519
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Tube shunt complications and their prevention

Abstract: Glaucoma drainage implants have been a powerful tool in our surgical fight to prevent blindness; however, they are not without complications or controversy.

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“…Tube-corneal touch or corneal decompensation is one of the complications after AGV implantation. 1,[3][4][5][6] Patients who have a shallow anterior chamber, corneal guttata, corneal edema, or who have Eye previously received corneal transplant may be more prone to corneal touch by the AGV tip. 2 Many different approaches to address the problem of corneal touch have been reported.…”
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“…Tube-corneal touch or corneal decompensation is one of the complications after AGV implantation. 1,[3][4][5][6] Patients who have a shallow anterior chamber, corneal guttata, corneal edema, or who have Eye previously received corneal transplant may be more prone to corneal touch by the AGV tip. 2 Many different approaches to address the problem of corneal touch have been reported.…”
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“…This method is easy to learn and the surgical procedures are less invasive to the globe of the eye than previous reported methods. 1,2,6 As shown in Figure 1, this method involves making an incision right above the tube entering the anterior chamber and 'flipping' out the tube end using a Sinskey. The rest of the procedure for sclera fixation is the same as in previously described surgical techniques.…”
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“…A csarnokvíz-elvezető implantátumok lehetséges szö-vődményei [35] közül a nem szemész orvosok számára a legfontosabb a cső felszínre kerülése a kötőhártya erodá-lódása következtében. Ez a ritka szövődmény azonnali szemsebészeti ellátást igényel az endophthalmitis veszé-lye miatt [36,37].…”
Section: Csarnokvíz-elvezető Implantátumokunclassified