OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of supra-Tenon capsule placement of original Molteno vs Molteno 3 tube implants (Molteno Ophthalmic, Dunedin, New Zealand) in black patients with refractory glaucoma. METHODS A retrospective study comparing the efficacy of supra-Tenon capsule placement of the original Molteno tube implant (130-mm(2) plate size) with the newer Molteno 3 tube implant (175-mm(2...

Present-day glaucoma implants, i.e., long-tube implants, were introduced by Molteno et al. in 1976 [31]. !e most commonly used implants include Molteno and Ahmed singleand doubleplate implants, and the Baerveldt and Krupin implants. All implants are long-tube implants based on the original Molteno design. !e Ahmed and Krupin implants are valved implants. !e most recent addition to tube-shunt de...

purpose: to evaluate the success rate and complications of single-plate molteno tube implantation in patients with intractable glaucoma. methods: this study was conducted on records of patients who underwent molteno tube implantation from 1995 to 2000 and had at least 18 months of follow-up. results: thirty six eyes of 35 patients including 20 male and 15 female subjects with mean age of 29.7±2...

purpose : to report the long-term outcome of patients with iridocorneal endothelial syndrome (ice) who required surgery for glaucoma. materials & methods : this retrospective, noncomparative case series was conducted on 11 patients with ice who underwent surgery to control their glaucoma between 1992 and 2004 in farabi eye hospital. the first surgery was trabeculectomy with mitomycin c except i...

A 42-year-old man has been under long-term follow-up since he was a child for congenital glaucoma and buphthalmos in both eyes. His left eye best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was counting fingers, due to end-stage glaucoma. He was on maximal medical therapy with an intraocular pressure (IOP) maintained at mid to low twenties. His right eye, the only seeing eye, had a BCVA of 6/9. This eye had...

Silicone oil use as an adjunct to complicated vitreoretinal surgery is becoming more frequent. Refractory glaucoma in these patients is common. Isolated reports have mentioned the possibility of silicone oil migrating and/or obstructing the tube in the anterior chamber of Molteno implants (IOP, Costa Mesa, Calif). This report describes a case of intraocular silicone oil egressing through an Ahm...