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Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implantation
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This video shows how to anchor the tube to the sclera via a stay suture.
Keywords
- Sclera
- phaco incisions
- closure
- scleral flap
- conjunctiva
- stay suture
- preventing tube migration
- preventing tube erosion
- post-operative
- Ahmed valve
Conflict of Interest
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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About this video
- Author(s)
- Soosan Jacob
- First online
- 12 June 2019
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24795-9_7
- Online ISBN
- 978-3-030-24795-9
- Publisher
- Springer, Cham
- Copyright information
- © The Author(s) 2019