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PURPOSE: To report a simple technique for removal of malpositioned Ex-PRESS miniature glaucoma filtration device. PATIENT AND 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.
*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.
Full article12.8.2 With tube implant or other drainage devices (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
12.8.11 Complications, endophthalmitis (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)