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SUBMITTER: Kuriakose T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5892063 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kuriakose Thomas T Jasper Smitha S Thomas Sherina S
Indian journal of ophthalmology 20180401 4
Positive vitreous pressure due to misdirection of aqueous or choroidal effusion leads to shallowing of the anterior chamber (AC) before or during anterior segment surgeries. This shallow AC if not addressed makes surgery difficult and increases the risk of surgical complications. Methods to prevent and manage this condition described in literature are not without problems. We describe a minimally invasive technique of passing a 30G needle through the pars-plana to aspirate misdirected fluid from ...[more]