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Polypropylene ligatures as a means of controlling intraocular pressure with Molteno implants
1St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center, Indianapolis, Ind.
Ophthalmic Surgery
|November 1, 1989
Abstract:
A technique for controlling intraocular pressure in the immediate postoperative period with Molteno implants is described. Filtration tubes were closed with polypropylene sutures in 13 patients. Filtration tubes closed with 7-0 sutures provided the most satisfactory partial to complete lumen closure. The ligatures in six patients later were opened by argon laser.