Panophthalmitis with orbital cellulitis following glaucoma drainage implant surgery in a pediatric patient
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Panophthalmitis with orbital cellulitis following glaucoma drainage implant surgery in a pediatric patient.
Here we report a case of childhood glaucoma refractory to angle and trabeculectomy surgery. The patient was treated with an Ahmed™ drainage implant that was subsequently complicated by rapid-onset panophthalmitis and orbital cellulitis. Intravenous and intravitreal antibiotic therapy was initiated and the drainage tube was removed. The infectious process resolved within 3 weeks; however, phthis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0004-2749
DOI: 10.5935/0004-2749.20160037