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AIM: To evaluate the clinical effect of retrobulbar injection of chlorpromazine combined with intralamellar cauterization of the cornea so as to obviate pain of the patients. METHODS: Retrobulbar injection of chlorpromazine was used in 29 cases of absolute glaucoma, combined with intralamellar cauterization of cornea if bullous keratopathy present. RESULTS: Of the 29 cases, pain was obviated only with retrobulbar injection of chlorpromazine in 14 cases. In the other 15 cases (16 eyes) complicated with bullous keratopathy, pain had not fully vanished after one or two injections but was stopped after intralamellar cauterization of cornea. CONCLUSION: Retrobulbar injection of chlorpromazine in the treatment of absolute glaucoma is a simple and effective method. Intralamellar cauterization should be used in cases with bullous keratopathy after the first drug injection. LA: Chinese
Dr. L. Zhang, Department of Ophthalmology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
12.20 Other (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment)