Surgical management of raised intra-ocular tension in the hostile ocular surface - recurrent tube erosion in a patient with systemic sclerosis: a case report
Abstract Background The surgical management of patients with uncontrolled glaucoma and scleroderma is challenging, as the hostile ocular surface poses a challenge to surgery. A serious complication is tube erosion, with the risk of subsequent endophthalmitis. Here, we present a novel technique of ha...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-09-01
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Series: | BMC Ophthalmology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12886-018-0856-5 |