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Pediatric Glaucoma: Angle Surgery and Glaucoma Drainage Devices

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Goniotomy is an important procedure for many children with glaucoma. Preoperative gonioscopy is essential preparation, as is careful attention to surgical instrumentation, surgical technique, and to postoperative care.

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  1. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, 310 E. 14th Street, New York, NY, 10003, USA

    Helen H. Yeung

  2. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, 2 Longfellow Place, Suite 201, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    David S. Walton

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  1. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Veterans Health Administration of Greater Los Angeles, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Veterans Health Administration of Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

    JoAnn A. Giaconi

  2. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Simon K. Law

  3. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles,, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Kouros Nouri-Mahdavi

  4. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles,, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Anne L. Coleman

  5. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles,, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Joseph Caprioli

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Yeung, H.H., Walton, D.S. (2016). Pediatric Glaucoma: Angle Surgery and Glaucoma Drainage Devices. In: Giaconi, J., Law, S., Nouri-Mahdavi, K., Coleman, A., Caprioli, J. (eds) Pearls of Glaucoma Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49042-6_52

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