A Case of Ocular Hypotony Following Filtering Operation for Chronic Open Angle Glaucoma.

Kim, Kyung Woo; Koo, Wan Hun

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1980;21(3):251-253.
Published online March 1, 1980.

A Case of Ocular Hypotony Following Filtering Operation for Chronic Open Angle Glaucoma.

Kyung Woo Kim, Wan Hun Koo

Department of Ophthalmology, Maryknoll General Hospital, Korea.

여과수술후에 초래된 저안압증

구완헌(Wan Hun Koo),김경우(Kyung Woo Kim)

Abstract

The authors have experienced a case of long standing ocular hypotony following filtering operation (sclero-iridectomy) for chronic open angle glaucoma. The patient was 29 years old male who visited our hospital becouse of visual disturbance, haloes vision and mild headache on left eye. We described some of the characteristic clinical findings of ocular hypotony with brief review of the related literatures.

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