• Title of article

    Migration of intraocular ilicone oil into the ubconjunctival pace and orbit through an ahmed glaucoma valve

  • Author/Authors

    Paul P. Nazemi، نويسنده , , Lawrence P. Chong، نويسنده , , Rohit Varma، نويسنده , , Michael A. Burntine، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2001
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    929
  • To page
    931
  • Abstract
    PURPOE: To report a patient with intraocular ilicone oil migration into the ubconjunctival pace and orbit through an Ahmed glaucoma valve implant. METHOD: Obervational cae report. A 29-year-old female with diabete mellitu and proliferative diabetic retinopathy underwent three left eye par plana vitrectomie and ultimately intraocular ilicone oil placement for tractional retinal detachment. ubequently, he developed neovacular glaucoma and underwent an inferotemporal Ahmed glaucoma tube implant, left eye. REULT: Intraocular ilicone oil migrated through the Ahmed glaucoma valve into the ubconjunctival pace and orbit. Left eye eviceration with ilicone oil removal wa performed for a blind painful left eye and improvement of appearance. CONCLUION: ilicone oil migration through an Ahmed valve may be oberved after retinal detachment repair with intraocular ilicone oil. An Ahmed valve may be contraindicated in eye of patient with intraocular ilicone oil.
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Serial Year
    2001
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Record number

    623560