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Abstract #19372 Published in IGR 9-3
Transcorneal tube extrusion in a child with a Baerveldt glaucoma drainage device
Maki JL; Nesti HA; Shetty RK; Rhee DJJournal of AAPOS 2007; 11: 395-397
We describe a clinical scenario in which a child was treated for glaucoma and aqueous misdirection with surgical placement of a tube shunt. The child then suffered extrusion of the tube through the cornea, a rare complication of such procedures. This complication has only been seen in children, and thus, young patients with tube shunts need careful and frequent monitoring, especially during the first year of the post tube shunt period to ensure that they have not developed this complication.
Dr. D.J. Rhee, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA. dougrhee@aol.com
Classification:
12.8.2 With tube implant or other drainage devices (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
9.1.2 Juvenile glaucoma (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.1 Developmental glaucomas)