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Abstract #13646 Published in IGR 8-2
Intraoperative management of nonfunctioning Ahmed glaucoma valve implant
Setabutr P; Bell NP; Feldman RMOphthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging 2006; 37: 62-64
A 62-year-old woman with neovascular glaucoma underwent filtering surgery with the Ahmed glaucoma valve (New World Medical, Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, CA). Intraoperative hypotony secondary to a defective valve was noted and managed by excising the valve mechanism. The implant was then treated as if it was non-valved by placement of an obturator suture. The postoperative course was unremarkable for a non-valved implant. This case demonstrates how intraoperative hypotony secondary to overfiltration of an Ahmed glaucoma valve implant can be successfully managed by converting to a non-valved implant.
Dr. N.P. Bell, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6411 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Classification:
12.8.2 With tube implant or other drainage devices (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
