title: Technique for removal of malpositioned Ex-PRESS glaucoma device.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a simple technique for removal of malpositioned Ex-PRESS miniature glaucoma filtration device.
  
  
  METHODS
  A patient who underwent removal of a malpositioned Ex-PRESS shunt from the right eye with wound revision.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Description of step-by-step technique for removal of the Ex-PRESS shunt. The site healed well and a tube shunt was inserted 6 weeks later for intraocular pressure control.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This technique may assist surgeons in the safe and controlled removal of an Ex-PRESS shunt in cases of malpositioning, impending exposure, or extrusion.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ †Vold Vision, Springdale, AR.
authors.forename: Albert S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Khouri
authors.forename: Mohemmed Nazir
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Fechtner
authors.forename: Steven D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Vold
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020878:Device Removal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D018463:Filtering Surgery / Q000295:instrumentation; D020327:Glaucoma Drainage Implants; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular