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Intracameral vent and flush technique for silicone oil blockade in Ahmed glaucoma valve.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
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| Author | Namdev, Vaibhav Panigrahi, Arnav Arora, Monika Gupta, Viney Gupta, Shikha |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Abstract | The presence of emulsified silicone oil in the eye can lead to many complications, glaucoma being one of the most common. Adequate IOP control is difficult to achieve with medical management alone; surgical intervention is often required. Glaucoma drainage device implantation is often the preferred line of surgical intervention in such cases due to trabeculectomy failure from emulsified silicone oil droplets and associated conjunctival scarring. However, the silicone tube of Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) may attract the silicone oil droplets, causing blockade of the tube with persistent raised IOP postoperatively. We report one such case where post-AGV silicone oil tube occlusion was treated with semi-conservative surgical management instead of revising the entire surgery or implantation of another drainage device. Our surgical technique of intracameral “vent and flush” offers rapid and effective IOP control in such cases. Postoperatively, normal IOP was achieved. Patency of tube continued to be maintained along with normalization of IOP on subsequent follow-ups. |
| ISSN | 03014738 |
| Journal | Indian Journal of Ophthalmology |
| Volume Number | 70 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC9332948 |
| Issue Number | 5 |
| PubMed reference number | 35502080 |
| e-ISSN | 19983689 |
| DOI | 10.4103/ijo.ijo_2677_21 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wolters Kluwer - Medknow |
| Publisher Date | 2022-05-01 |
| Publisher Place | India |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. Copyright: © 2022 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology |
| Subject Keyword | Ahmed glaucoma valve complications of silicone oil secondary glaucoma |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Ophthalmology |