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A slit-lamp needling filtration procedure for uncontrolled glaucoma in pseudophakic and aphakic eyes
A Mistlberger1, K Esaki, J M Liebmann
1Department of Ophthalmology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, NY 10003, USA.
Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers
|April 1, 1999
Abstract:
In one aphakic and one pseudophakic patient without previous filtration surgery, a transconjunctival needling procedure similar to that used for failed filtration procedures was performed to create a filtering bleb. In both cases, intraocular pressure was successfully lowered for 6 months until the occurrence of bleb encapsulation, which was relieved by transconjunctival needling. There were no complications. In selected cases, this minimally invasive slit-lamp needling procedure provides successful filtration.