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Welcome to the Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting unofficial blog of topics of interest to glaucoma specialists like myself. This conference is being held in Quebec City from June 26-29, 2010 and therefore you will see many changes to this section of the blog as I update my entries each day. I would like to encourage readers to add their comments to these postings as they appear.

73rd Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Quebec City of the Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting

June 26-29, 2010

Highlights of presentations of particular interest to glaucoma specialists

27May2011 Note: I am continuing to edit these articles and ‘publishing’ new entries as I complete each one. WIth the 74th Annual COS Meeting June 9-12, 2011 from Vancouver, I will be sure to finish editing last year’s articles and get ready for the new conference blog.

Entries in Baerveldt (1)

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The Ahmed versus Baerveldt (AVB) study 1-year follow-up results (Dr Panos Christakis)

in , DateWednesday, March 23, 2011 at 8:13AM AuthorRobert M Schertzer, MD, MEd, FRCSC

There are two common glaucoma drainage devices - the Ahmed has valve to help prevent hypotony whereas the Baerveldt device needs a suture to tie it off for the first few weeks following surgery. There has been a belief that lower pressures could be achieved with the Baerveldt implant but at a cost of more complications than the Ahmed Glaucoma Valve. This study put this to the test.

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