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Abstract #27469 Published in IGR 12-4
Spontaneous disconnection of glaucoma tube shunt extenders
Dawodu O; Levin AVJournal of AAPOS 2010; 14: 361-363
Glaucoma drainage implants are frequently used in children with severe forms of glaucoma, and tube extenders are sometimes required to compensate for ocular growth or when the intraocular portion of the tube is thought to be too short. We report 2 cases of spontaneous disconnection of a tube extender, occurring 8 months after insertion in one case and 3 years later in the other. In both cases the tube was removed and the patient treated with endoscopic diode laser photocoagulation. Copyright (copyright) 2010 by the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus.
A. V. Levin. Wills Eye Institute, 840 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107-5109, United States. alevin@willseye.org
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)
12.8.11 Complications, endophthalmitis (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
