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.
Department of Ophthalmology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn 11203.
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D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000601:surgery; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery; D012599:Sclerostomy; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014130:Trabeculectomy