Anterior Chamber Tube Shunt to an Encircling Band in the Treatment of Glaucoma.

Kim, Dong Myung; Hwang, Jeong Min

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1988;29(3):331-336.
Published online March 1, 1988.

Anterior Chamber Tube Shunt to an Encircling Band in the Treatment of Glaucoma.

Dong Myung Kim, Jeong Min Hwang

Department of Opnthalmology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

Silicone Tube 와 Encircling Band 를 이용한 녹내장 누공수술

김동명(Dong Myung Kim),황정민(Jeong Min Hwang)

Abstract

We performed a new technique described by Schocket et al. in 6 cases of advanced, uncontrolled glaucoma and 2 cases of neovascular glaucoma. A sillicone tube was inserted into the anterior chamber and aqueous was shunted through the tube to a reservoir around the encircling band. After a mean follow up of 103 days, 8 eyes had a successful outcome with the intraocular pressure below 20 mmHg. So we recommend this procedure rather than destructive operations in the treatement of advanced, uncontrolled glaucoma.