TY - JOUR
T1 - Repair of an Inadvertent Buttonhole or Leaking Filtering Bleb
AU - Petursson, Gissur J.
AU - Fraunfelder, Frederick T.
PY - 1979/5
Y1 - 1979/5
N2 - Buttonholing of conjunctival flaps at the time of filtering glaucoma surgery or a leak in the flap postoperatively can cause serious problems and may be most difficult to repair. A new delicate atraumatic needle has been used successfully in five cases to close conjunctiva to conjunctiva or conjunctiva to cornea defects.
AB - Buttonholing of conjunctival flaps at the time of filtering glaucoma surgery or a leak in the flap postoperatively can cause serious problems and may be most difficult to repair. A new delicate atraumatic needle has been used successfully in five cases to close conjunctiva to conjunctiva or conjunctiva to cornea defects.
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U2 - 10.1001/archopht.1979.01020010484021
DO - 10.1001/archopht.1979.01020010484021
M3 - Article
C2 - 444128
AN - SCOPUS:0018346520
SN - 0003-9950
VL - 97
SP - 926
EP - 927
JO - Archives of ophthalmology
JF - Archives of ophthalmology
IS - 5
ER -