Tube-Cornea Touch Following an Ahmed Valve Implantation in a Patient with Congenital Rubella Syndrome: A Case Report.
This was a 28-year-old mentally-challenged girl with underlying congenital Rubella syndrome. She was bilaterally aphakic after congenital cataract surgery. She then developed bilateral aphakic glaucoma and had to undergo multiple glaucoma filtering surgeries. The most recent procedure she had underg...
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ukm-83562016-12-14T06:47:01Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8356/ Tube-Cornea Touch Following an Ahmed Valve Implantation in a Patient with Congenital Rubella Syndrome: A Case Report. Ooi, Edwin IL Safinaz MK, Ropilah AR, This was a 28-year-old mentally-challenged girl with underlying congenital Rubella syndrome. She was bilaterally aphakic after congenital cataract surgery. She then developed bilateral aphakic glaucoma and had to undergo multiple glaucoma filtering surgeries. The most recent procedure she had undergone for her left eye was a second Ahmed valve implantation with an overlying sclera patch. Postoperatively, intraocular pressure was well controlled. However, nine months later, slit lamp examination revealed the tube was adherent to the overlying cornea with surrounding deep and superficial cornea vascularization. Siedel test was negative and intraocular pressure was normal. Subsequently the tube was removed but the plate was left in situ. Department of Surgery, UKM Medical Centre 2014-06-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8356/1/15-MS1176_%2853-55%29_ok.pdf Ooi, Edwin IL and Safinaz MK, and Ropilah AR, (2014) Tube-Cornea Touch Following an Ahmed Valve Implantation in a Patient with Congenital Rubella Syndrome: A Case Report. Journal of Surgical Academia, 4 (2). pp. 53-55. ISSN 2231-7481 |
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This was a 28-year-old mentally-challenged girl with underlying congenital Rubella syndrome. She was bilaterally aphakic after congenital cataract surgery. She then developed bilateral aphakic glaucoma and had to undergo multiple glaucoma filtering surgeries. The most recent procedure she had undergone for her left eye was a second Ahmed valve implantation with an overlying sclera patch. Postoperatively, intraocular pressure was well controlled. However, nine months later, slit lamp examination revealed the tube was adherent to the overlying cornea with surrounding deep and superficial cornea vascularization. Siedel test was negative and intraocular pressure was normal. Subsequently the tube was removed but the plate was left in situ. |
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Ooi, Edwin IL Safinaz MK, Ropilah AR, Tube-Cornea Touch Following an Ahmed Valve Implantation in a Patient with Congenital Rubella Syndrome: A Case Report. |
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Tube-Cornea Touch Following an Ahmed Valve Implantation in a Patient with Congenital Rubella Syndrome: A Case Report. |
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Tube-Cornea Touch Following an Ahmed Valve Implantation in a Patient with Congenital Rubella Syndrome: A Case Report. |
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Tube-Cornea Touch Following an Ahmed Valve Implantation in a Patient with Congenital Rubella Syndrome: A Case Report. |
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Tube-Cornea Touch Following an Ahmed Valve Implantation in a Patient with Congenital Rubella Syndrome: A Case Report. |
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Tube-Cornea Touch Following an Ahmed Valve Implantation in a Patient with Congenital Rubella Syndrome: A Case Report. |
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tube-cornea touch following an ahmed valve implantation in a patient with congenital rubella syndrome: a case report. |
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Department of Surgery, UKM Medical Centre |
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