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Year : 2012 | Volume
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Boston keratoprosthesis and Ahmed glaucoma valve for visual rehabilitation in congenital anterior staphyloma
Bhaskar Srinivasan1, Nikhil Shreeram Choudhari2, Aditya Neog2, Supriya Latka2, Geetha K Iyer1
1 Department of Cornea, Dr. G. Sitalakshmi Memorial Clinic for Ocular Surface Disorders, Chennai, India 2 Jadhavbhai Nathamal Singhvi, Department of Glaucoma, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India
Correspondence Address:
Nikhil Shreeram Choudhari Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, 18, College Road, Chennai-600 006 India
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.95883
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Congenital anterior staphyloma entails grave visual prognosis. The majority of reported patients have undergone enucleation. We report a promising result of staphylectomy with implantation of a keratoprosthesis and a glaucoma drainage device in a seven-month-old child with a large, congenital anterior staphyloma. |
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