Anterior chamber tube shunt to an encircling band in the treatment of glaucoma.

Author: Dong Myung KIM ¹ ; Jeong Min HWANG
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1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Publication Type:Original Article
Keywords: anterior chamber; silicone tube; encircling band; glaucoma
MeSH: Adolescent; Adult; Anterior Chamber/*surgery; Child; Female; Glaucoma/*surgery; Glaucoma, Neovascular/surgery; Humans; *Intubation; Male; Middle Aged; *Silicones
From:Korean Journal of Ophthalmology 1988;2(1):22-26
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: We performed a new technique described by Schocket et al. in 6 cases of advanred, uncontrolled glaucoma and 2 cases of neovascular glaucoma. A silicone tube was inserted into the anterior chamber and aqueous was shunted through the tube to a reservoir around the encircling band. After a mean follow up of 103 days, 8 eyes (100 %) had a sucoessful outcome with the intraocular pressure below 20 mm Hg. Thus we recommend this procedure rather than destructive surgery in the treatment of advanced, uncontrolled glaucoma and neovascular glaucoma.