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The Q-switched neodymium-YAG laser was used via a transconjunctival approach to reopen a failed filtering bleb, 6 weeks after a primarily successful trabeculectomy had failed. One day after treatment, the intraocular pressure had decreased from 34 mm Hg to 17 mm Hg, and a conjunctival bleb had reformed.
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Van Rens, G.H.M.B. Transconjunctival reopening of an occluded filtration fistula with the Q-switched Neodymium-YAG laser. Doc Ophthalmol 70, 205–208 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00154455
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