Dynamic tube of ahmed glaucoma valve implant
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Complication of an Ahmed glaucoma valve implant: tube exposure with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.
Neovascular glaucoma is commonly treated surgically with implantation of glaucoma drainage devices. We report the case of a 57-year-old man who underwent an uneventful Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) placement for radiation-induced neovascular glaucoma but later developed early postoperative infection with tube exposure. The infection was identified 3 weeks postoperatively and antibiotic treatment w...
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عنوان ژورنال: TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2589-4528
DOI: 10.4103/tjosr.tjosr_27_20