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ArticleCase reports in ophthalmology

Intraocular Endoscopy Resolved Tube Occlusion of an Ahmed Glaucoma Valve.

Rumi Kawashima, Keita Baba, Kenji Matsushita, Takeshi Soma, Masako Kurashige, Daisuke Umeda, Makoto Nakamura, Eiichi Morii, Kohji Nishida

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Article in Case reports in ophthalmology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Intraluminal aspiration for Ahmed glaucoma valve tube obstruction.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2026
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  2. Fibrous ingrowth: an overlooked cause of Ahmed Glaucoma Valve failure.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rumi KawashimaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
Keita BabaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Nippon Life Hospital, Suita, Japan.
Kenji MatsushitaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
Takeshi SomaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
Masako KurashigeDepartment of Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
Daisuke UmedaDepartment of Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
Makoto NakamuraDepartment of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Eiichi MoriiDepartment of Pathology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
Kohji NishidaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
Osaka University · JPKobe University · JPNippon Medical School Hospital · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a case in which intraocular endoscopy clarified the cause of Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) failure with a cloudy cornea. A 42-year-old patient with glaucoma underwent AGV implant surgery to treat secondary glaucoma due to chronic iridocyclitis in his left eye. After AGV, he developed bullous keratopathy (BK) in that eye. After Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) was performed to treat BK, the intraocular pressure (IOP) increased and early failure of the DSAEK resulted again in a cloudy cornea. We could not precisely detect any cause of AGV failure with ordinary imaging instrumentation. An intraocular endoscope was used to determine that cause, and we found that the fibrous tissue occluded the tube of the AGV. The IOP decreased soon after the tissue was removed. We conclude that intraocular endoscopy was useful for diagnosing AGV failure with BK.

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Ahmed glaucoma valveAtopic dermatitisEndoscopy

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PMCPMC8436709
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