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Abstract #77921 Published in IGR 19-4

Traumatic corneal perforation with exteriorisation of Ahmed glaucoma valve tube

Kumar S; Ichhpujani P; Thakur S; Singh RB; Singh RB
British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Edition) Case Reports 2018; 2018:


We report a rare case of traumatic corneal perforation with Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) tube. A 5-year-old female child, diagnosed with refractory glaucoma, had undergone AGV implantation, presented with the posterior migration of AGV tube after trauma to the eye. The detailed ocular history, ophthalmic findings, clinical course and surgical management are discussed.

Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.

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Classification:

12.8.2 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)



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