Retrieval of a Mispositioned Ex-PRESS™ Glaucoma Device
| Autor: | Ahmet Karakurt, M. Sinan Saricaoglu, Ö. Faruk Recep, Hikmet Hasiripi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
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medicine.medical_specialty Intraocular pressure genetic structures Anterior Chamber medicine.medical_treatment Microscopy Acoustic Glaucoma Trabeculectomy Exfoliation Syndrome Foreign-Body Migration Ophthalmology medicine Humans Glaucoma Drainage Implants Device Removal Intraocular Pressure business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Glaucoma drainage device eye diseases Pseudoexfoliative glaucoma sense organs Implant business Glaucoma Open-Angle |
| Zdroj: | Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging Retina. 39:404-406 |
| ISSN: | 2325-8179 2325-8160 |
| DOI: | 10.3928/15428877-20080901-14 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this article was to report the misposition and subsequent retrieval of an Ex-PRESS (Optonol Ltd., Neve Ilan, Israel) glaucoma drainage device implanted in an eye with pseudoexfoliative glaucoma. The formation of excessive fibrosis at the site of the implant, which was partly dislocated into the anterior chamber, was observed. The Ex-PRESS drainage device was removed from the anterior chamber and the intra-ocular pressure was relieved through trabeculectomy at the superotemporal part of the globe. The results suggest that trabeculectomy is a practical approach to alleviate intraocular pressure in the case of failed glaucoma drainage devices. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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