Flap selection in glaucoma filtration surgery.
Glaucoma surgery requires the fashioning of conjunctival flaps with or without scleral flaps. The advantages and use of fornix-based conjunctival flaps are presented. Methods to decrease complications of limbal-based conjunctival flaps are discussed. The use of scleral flaps and their modification to assist in enhancing filtration and to prevent complications of filtering surgery is shown.
Freedman
J
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Department of Ophthalmology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 11203.
D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000601:surgery; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery; D012599:Sclerostomy; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014130:Trabeculectomy