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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 416-418 |
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Pars plana relocation of existing glaucoma implant for tube exposure and corneal endothelial decompensation
Gowri J Murthy1, Praveen R Murthy2, Sunitha M N Gowda1, Sneha Priya Prabhakar2, Meghana R Hiremath1
1 Glaucoma Service, Prabha Eye Clinic and Research Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
2 Vitreoretinal Service, Prabha Eye Clinic and Research Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Gowri J Murthy
Prabha Eye Clinic and Research Centre, 504, 40th cross, Jayanagar 8th Block, Bengaluru - 560 070, Karnataka
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_2183_21
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Glaucoma implant tube exposure and corneal endothelial decompensation are complications of implant surgeries in eyes with glaucoma. We describe a surgical method of managing these complications by relocation of the existing anterior chamber implant tube into the pars plana, after a three-port pars plana vitrectomy. We studied eight eyes of eight patients, four with perilimbal tube exposure and four with endothelial decompensation, who underwent the procedure. Four eyes of the four patients had resolution of tube exposure without recurrence and maintained stable intraocular pressure (IOP); visual acuity and IOP remained stable in the endothelial decompensation group.
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