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Abstract #8033 Published in IGR 4-3
Combined perfluoropropane gas and viscoelastic material injection for anterior chamber reformation following trabeculectomy
Kurtz S; Leibovitch IBritish Journal of Ophthalmology 2002; 86: 1225-1227
AIM: To describe a novel technique to treat hypotony and shallow anterior chamber following trabeculectomy. METHODS: Three patients who underwent fornix based trabeculectomy with mitomycin C (MMC) presented in the postoperative days with a shallow anterior chamber, hypotony, and overfiltrating blebs. They were treated with an injection of 0.2 ml of 16% perfluoropropane (C3F8) to the anterior chamber followed by an injection of a viscoelastic material. RESULTS: In all patients the anterior chamber was reformed successfully without any complications. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with a shallow anterior chamber and overfiltrating blebs following a recent trabeculectomy can be treated successfully with a combination of a long acting gas and a viscoelastic material.
Igal Leibovitch, MD. lleibo@bezeqint.net
Classification:
12.8.11 Complications, endophthalmitis (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
