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Trabeculectomy

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If you have not seen all the complications mentioned in this chapter, the likelihood is, you have not operated enough. Every surgeon has complications. What makes an excellent surgeon is the ability to deal with the complication safely and appropriately. Most of the complications outlined below are fortunately rare and little or no evidence exists for their management. Much of what is written below is from our own personal experience.

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  1. Department of Glaucoma, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHSFT, London, UK

    Rashmi G. Mathew (Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer)

  2. Centre for Medical Education, Institute of Health Sciences Education, Barts and the London School of Medicine at Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK

    Rashmi G. Mathew (Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer)

  3. Institute of Ophthalmology, University College, London, London, UK

    Ian E. Murdoch

  4. Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Ian E. Murdoch

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    Francis Carbonaro

  2. St Thomas’ Hospital, London, United Kingdom

    K. Sheng Lim

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Mathew, R.G., Murdoch, I.E. (2017). Trabeculectomy. In: Carbonaro, F., Lim, K. (eds) Managing Complications in Glaucoma Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49416-6_4

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