The 'Pull-Through' Suture; Facilitating Watertight Anterior Chamber Entry and Minimizing Early Hypotony in Glaucoma Tube Surgery
| Autor: | Avi Kulkarni, Dan Lindfield |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Leak Anterior Chamber medicine.medical_treatment Glaucoma Ocular Hypotension Seal (mechanical) Prosthesis Implantation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Suture (anatomy) Surgical Wound Dehiscence medicine Trabeculectomy Humans Tube (fluid conveyance) Ligature Glaucoma Drainage Implants Intraocular Pressure business.industry Suture Techniques Stent medicine.disease Surgery Ophthalmology 030104 developmental biology Anesthesia 030221 ophthalmology & optometry business Sclera |
| Zdroj: | Journal of glaucoma. 25(1) |
| ISSN: | 1536-481X |
| Popis: | Tube procedures are increasing world wide. One failing of all tube procedures is early hypotony; most commonly attributable to entry site leak as ligature and stent sutures become standard surgical practice. The tube versus trabeculectomy and primary tube versus trabeculectomy study protocols employ 21 G anterior chamber entry; however, entry site leaks can still occur often requiring suturing. Twenty-three-gauge entry produces a reliably watertight seal but can be technically challenging. The "Pull-Through" suture facilitates efficient and reproducible tube insertion while avoiding entry site trauma. |
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