title: Long-term success in the correction of exposed glaucoma drainage tubes with a tube extender.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report long-term success of surgical correction of exposed glaucoma drainage device (GDD) tubes with a commercially available tube extender.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational case series.
  
  
  METHODS
  Chart review of surgical correction for GDD tube exposure by rerouting the tube using the New World Medical Tube Extender (NWMTE; New World Medical, Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Surgical revision of GDD tube exposure with the NWMTE controlled intraocular pressure without repeat exposure up to three years after surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A tube extender can provide long-term correction of an exposed GDD tube by bypassing weakened tissue, thus avoiding or delaying a second implant surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Science, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Merrill
authors.forename: Abraham W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Suhr
authors.forename: Michele C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000601:surgery*; D020327:Glaucoma Drainage Implants; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome