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Abstract #74093 Published in IGR 19-1
Ocular Gossypiboma: Ultrasound B-Scan Assessment of Retained Surgical Sponge After Ahmed Valve Surgery: A Case Report
Babic K; Siguan-Bell C; Hee M; Lin SCJournal of Glaucoma 2017; 26: e239-e241
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: To present the first documented case of an ocular gossypiboma (retained foreign body) of a mitomycin-C-soaked sponge confirmed echographically using diagnostic ultrasound B-scan after Ahmed valve surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A patient who underwent phacoemulsification with Ahmed valve implantation surgery had a retained Weck-Cels sponge soaked with mitomycin-C. With the use of ocular ultrasound B-scan, the retained sponge was localized and a second procedure was performed to explant it. CONCLUSION: In cases of ocular gossypiboma the use of ultrasound modalities can be a valuable tool especially because B-scan access is common and can be cost-effective.
*Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco ‡Pacific Eye Specialists, Daly City, CA †Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines.
Full articleClassification:
12.8.11 Complications, endophthalmitis (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
12.8.2 With tube implant or other drainage devices (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)