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Complications: Bleb Leaks

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A bleb leak, early or late, is a potentially vision-threatening complication of glaucoma-filtering surgery.

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    Philip P. Chen

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    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

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    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

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Chen, P.P. (2016). Complications: Bleb Leaks. 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_60

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