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Internal trans-pars plana filtering procedure in humans

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Two patients (two eyes) with end-stage, medically uncontrollable glaucoma underwent transvitreal pars plana filtering procedures with a contact Nd:YAG laser with a sapphire probe. Intraocular pressure was being maintained without medication four months after surgery, with persistence of a diffuse filtering bleb.

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  1. The LSU Eye Center, Louisiana State University Medical Center School of Medicine, New Orleans and Hotel Dieu Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    Gholam A. Peyman, Howard C. Charles & Abdulrahman Alghadyan

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Peyman, G.A., Charles, H.C. & Alghadyan, A. Internal trans-pars plana filtering procedure in humans. Int Ophthalmol 11, 159–162 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00130617

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