J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1997 Sep;38(9):1682-1686.
A Case of Total Vitrectomy in Aphakic Refractory Glaucoma with Prior Keratoplasty after Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implantation
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology Kangnam St. Marys Hospital Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Aqueous drainage devices have been used to treat refractory glaucoma with poor prognosis, but it has been described with valved implants and non-valved implants that their complications are hypotony, shallow anterior chamber, hyphema, suprachoroidal hemorrhage, endothelial touch by tube and the blockage of tube with fibrin, iris or vitreous. We used the Ahmed galucoma vlave implant to control the intraocular pressure in the aphakic eye with prior penetrating keratoplasty. Although the blockage of tube with vitreous was developed in first postoperative day, we successfully removed that blockage by total vitrectomy.
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