Management of glaucoma drainage implant tube kink and obstruction with Pars Plana Clip.
Increased intraocular pressure after glaucoma drainage implant surgery may be caused by obstruction of the tube. A case of obstruction of an Ahmed glaucoma valve tube after pars plana insertion due to kinking of the tube was treated with a Pars Plana Clip (New World Medical, Rancho Cucamonga, CA).
Netland
Peter A
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University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA.
Schuman
Stefanie
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D001036:Aphakia, Postcataract / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D018463:Filtering Surgery / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D020327:Glaucoma Drainage Implants; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D033401:Microscopy, Acoustic; D008875:Middle Aged; D009798:Ocular Hypertension / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D014821:Vitrectomy