Clinical Outcomes after Combined Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implantation and Penetrating Keratoplasty or Pars Plana Vitrectomy
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Clinical Outcomes after Combined Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implantation and Penetrating Keratoplasty or Pars Plana Vitrectomy
PURPOSE To evaluate whether a combination of penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) or pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implantation affords a level of success similar to that of AGV implantation alone. METHODS Eighteen eyes underwent simultaneous PPV and AGV, 14 eyes with PKP and AGV and 30 eyes with AGV implantation alone were evaluated. Success was defined as attainment o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1011-8942,2092-9382
DOI: 10.3341/kjo.2012.26.6.432