Use of the ex-press miniature glaucoma implant in a child with Sturge-Weber syndrome.
A two-stage antiglaucoma operation was planned for the left eye of an 11-year-old boy with bilateral Sturge-Weber syndrome to avoid intraoperative and postoperative choroidal and retinal effusion as with previous trabeculectomy. The Ex-Press miniature glaucoma implant was placed 10 days before trabeculectomy with mitomycin C. There were no complications with either procedure.
Elgin
Ufuk
U
Ankara Ulucanlar Eye Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Simsek
Tulay
T
Batman
Aygen
A
D002648:Child; D018450:Disease Progression; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D020327:Glaucoma Drainage Implants; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008904:Miniaturization; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013341:Sturge-Weber Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000379:methods*