Human amniotic membrane transplantation for tube exposure after glaucoma drainage device implantation.
We present a case of conjunctival melting over the tube of a glaucoma shunt, which was successfully repaired with amniotic membrane transplantation.
Papadaki
Thekla G
TG
Department of Ophthalmology, Heraklion University Hospital, Crete, Greece. theklapap@med.uoc.gr
Siganos
Charalambos S
CS
Zacharopoulos
Ioannis P
IP
Panteleontidis
Vasssilios
V
Charissis
Spyridon K
SK
D000368:Aged; D000650:Amnion / Q000637:transplantation*; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018465:Molteno Implants