Location and technique can affect the success of glaucoma tube shunts, according to a speaker at the American Glaucoma Society meeting.
“A reality in glaucoma is that tube shunts do fail,” Sylvia Groth, MD, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, said. “Pristine placement of tube shunts can hopefully make them fail a little bit less.”
Groth said that placing the tube in the anterior chamber is an easier technique but can lead to endothelial cell damage, subsequent corneal decompensation and loss of vision. Placement in the sulcus can be more technically challenging but