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Laser Tube Ligature Release Following Aqueous Shunt Implantation in Young Children
- Source :
- Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging Retina; March 2011, Vol. 42 Issue: 2 p168-169, 2p
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- The implantation of non-valved aqueous shunting devices in children is often complicated by intraocular pressure elevation in the early postoperative period, during which time the tube is closed with a temporary suture ligature to avoid hypotony. Release of a polyglactin suture ligature using conventional laser lysis is not possible in young children in the clinic setting. The authors describe a minimally invasive technique using a portable green diode (532-nm) laser delivered through a standard endoprobe and a Hoskins laser suture lysis lens to disrupt a polyglactin suture ligature following pars plana aqueous shunt implantation in a young child.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23258160 and 23258179
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging Retina
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs31310390
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3928/15428877-20110125-04