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Shimon Rumelt, MD; Uri Rehany, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1998;116:685-687.

The placement of glaucoma drainage implants may be complicated by tube-corneal touch and endothelial decompensation, particularly after corneal transplantation. We describe an innovative surgical approach to glaucoma drainage implant procedures that may decrease such complications. The approach involves placement of the shunt tube into the ciliary sulcus. This approach may serve as an alternative to anterior chamber angle or pars plana implant placement in pseudophakic or aphakic eyes with refractory glaucoma and a high risk for corneal decompensation.

From the Department of Ophthalmology, Western Galilee-Nahariya Medical Center, Nahariya, Israel. The authors have no commercial or proprietary interest in the devices mentioned in this article.

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