Innovative usage of the remaining portion of ahmed glaucoma valve tube as an implant in nonpenetrating glaucoma surgery
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The Ahmed glaucoma valve in neovascular glaucoma (An AOS Thesis).
PURPOSE To evaluate the results of Ahmed glaucoma valve surgery in neovascular glaucoma and control patients. METHODS In this retrospective comparative study, we reviewed 76 eyes of 76 patients, comparing the surgical outcomes in control patients (N=38) to matched neovascular glaucoma patients (N=38). Success was defined as intraocular pressure (IOP) > or =6 mm Hg and < or =21 mm Hg, without ...
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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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Aims—To evaluate the eYcacy and safety of the Ahmed glaucoma valve implant in Chinese eyes with complicated glaucomas. Methods—This retrospective study reviewed the final intraocular pressure, visual outcome, and incidence of complications in all patients with the Ahmed glaucoma valve implant performed at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, between June 1996 and November 1998. Results—A to...
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AIMS To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the Ahmed glaucoma valve implant in Chinese eyes with complicated glaucomas. METHODS This retrospective study reviewed the final intraocular pressure, visual outcome, and incidence of complications in all patients with the Ahmed glaucoma valve implant performed at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, between June 1996 and November 1998. RESULT...
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AIM To investigate the rate, risk factors, clinical course, and treatment outcomes of endophthalmitis following glaucoma drainage implant (GDI) surgery. METHODS A computerised relational database search was conducted to identify all patients who were implanted with Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) and developed endophthalmitis following surgery at the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Oman Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0974-620X
DOI: 10.4103/ojo.ojo_11_2019