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Prevention, education key to managing infections associated with blebs

Anaheim, CA-Infections associated with blebs are a dangerous complication of glaucoma surgery. Andrew George Iwach, MD, provided an overview of risk factors associated with filtering surgeries as well as a review of infection management here during the Amer-ican Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting.

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