The use of releasable sutures in Molteno glaucoma implant procedures to reduce postoperative hypotony
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F el-Sayyad1, A el-Maghraby, M Helal
1El-Maghraby Eye Specialist Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Ophthalmic Surgery
|February 1, 1991
Abstract:
We used releasable sutures to minimize immediate postoperative hypotony and flat anterior chamber in 19 cases of refractory glaucoma requiring insertion of a single-plate Molteno implant in a one-stage procedure. A slip knot using 7-0 nylon suture was fashioned around the Molteno tube under a lamellar scleral flap. In 18 of the 19 eyes, anterior chamber depth was normal immediately after surgery.