TY - JOUR
T1 - Internal sclerostomy with laser
T2 - A new approach to glaucoma surgery
AU - Melamed, Shlomo
AU - Neumann, Doron
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - The creation of a fistula that permits controlled flow of aqueous from the anterior chamber to the subconjunctival space has been and remains the main technical goal of glaucoma filtering surgery. Currently, most complications are secondary to the surgical manipulation of the conjunctiva (mainly leakage from bleb and conjunctival fibrosis) or flattening of the anterior chamber. To overcome this problem, new methods are evolving in which the fistula is created from within the eye, with no conjunctival dissection. The performing of the sclerostomy by means of externally delivered laser energy is a further step in the same direction.
AB - The creation of a fistula that permits controlled flow of aqueous from the anterior chamber to the subconjunctival space has been and remains the main technical goal of glaucoma filtering surgery. Currently, most complications are secondary to the surgical manipulation of the conjunctiva (mainly leakage from bleb and conjunctival fibrosis) or flattening of the anterior chamber. To overcome this problem, new methods are evolving in which the fistula is created from within the eye, with no conjunctival dissection. The performing of the sclerostomy by means of externally delivered laser energy is a further step in the same direction.
KW - conjunctival dissection
KW - conjunctival fibrosis
KW - laser sclerostomy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0026069773&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/lsm.1900110509
DO - 10.1002/lsm.1900110509
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AN - SCOPUS:0026069773
SN - 0196-8092
VL - 11
SP - 440
EP - 444
JO - Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
JF - Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
IS - 5
ER -