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A novel surgical technique for prevention of Ahmed glaucoma valve tube exposure: long scleral flap augmented with Tenon advancement and duplication

BACKGROUND: To describe a new technique and present its long-term outcome for prevention of Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) tube exposure in patients with refractory glaucoma. METHODS: Twenty-seven eyes of 24 patients (mean age, 50 years; age range, 16–78 years; 8 females, 16 males) with refractory glauc...

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Autores principales: Gedar Totuk, O. M., Kabadayi, K., Colakoglu, A., Ekizoglu, N., Aykan, U.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6119316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30170565
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-018-0907-y