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Abstract #25870 Published in IGR 12-2
Severe hypotony and filtering bleb leak after intravitreal injection of ranibizumab
Georgalas I; Papaconstantinou D; Tservakis I; Koutsandrea C; Ladas ITherapeutics and Clinical Risk Management 2009; 5: 17-19
We report a case of a patient with age-related macular degeneration, who had undergone trabeculectomy nine years earlier, and developed severe hypotony and bleb leak after treatment with intravitreal injections of ranibizumab. Although the incident is rare, in patients with longstanding fi ltering blebs, who need treatment with antivascular endothelial growth factors, close follow-up may be advocated, since the occurrence of bleb rupture could lead to permanent vision loss.
I. Georgalas. 59 Chrysanthemon str., P. Pshychico, 15452 Athens, Greece. igeorgalas@yahoo.com
Classification:
12.8.11 Complications, endophthalmitis (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
11.15 Other drugs in relation to glaucoma (Part of: 11 Medical treatment)
9.4.11.5 Glaucomas associated with vitreoretinal surgery (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders > 9.4.11 Glaucomas following intraocular surgery)
