TY - JOUR
T1 - Laser tube ligature release following aqueous shunt implantation in young children
AU - Sidoti, Paul A.
AU - Panarelli, Joseph F.
AU - Huruta-Dias, Raquel
AU - Jardim, Juliana
AU - Leon-Rosen, Jonathan
AU - Rosen, Richard B.
PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - The implantation of non-valved aqueous shunting devices in children is often complicated by intraocular pressure elevation in the early postoperative period, during which time the tube is closed with a temporary suture ligature to avoid hypotony. Release of a polyglactin suture ligature using conventional laser lysis is not possible in young children in the clinic setting. The authors describe a minimally invasive technique using a portable green diode (532-nm) laser delivered through a standard endoprobe and a Hoskins laser suture lysis lens to disrupt a polyglactin suture ligature following pars plana aqueous shunt implantation in a young child.
AB - The implantation of non-valved aqueous shunting devices in children is often complicated by intraocular pressure elevation in the early postoperative period, during which time the tube is closed with a temporary suture ligature to avoid hypotony. Release of a polyglactin suture ligature using conventional laser lysis is not possible in young children in the clinic setting. The authors describe a minimally invasive technique using a portable green diode (532-nm) laser delivered through a standard endoprobe and a Hoskins laser suture lysis lens to disrupt a polyglactin suture ligature following pars plana aqueous shunt implantation in a young child.
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U2 - 10.3928/15428877-20110125-04
DO - 10.3928/15428877-20110125-04
M3 - Article
C2 - 21323268
AN - SCOPUS:79958156571
SN - 1542-8877
VL - 42
SP - 168
EP - 169
JO - Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging
JF - Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging
IS - 2
ER -