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Abstract #6547 Published in IGR 3-2
Deep sclerectomy with visco-canalostomy and descemetic bleb formation in two patients
Tritten JJKlinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde 2001; 218: 388-390
BACKGROUND: Deep sclerectomy with visco-canalostomy is a new non-perforating method for the surgical treatment of glaucoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The author reports two patients who developed a descemetic bleb after this surgical procedure. RESULTS: The cornea remained clear for more than ten months, as long as the bleb was not ruptured. In case of rupture, air should be injected into the anterior chamber to fix Descemet's membrane, otherwise the cornea will quickly become cloudy. CONCLUSIONS: Descemetic bleb formation after visco-canalostomy is a new complication which has to be recognized and treated in order to avoid corneal edema. LA: German
Dr J.J. Tritten, Hôpital de la Ville, Chasseral 20, CH-2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Classification:
12.8.3 Non-perforating (Part of: 12 Surgical treatment > 12.8 Filtering surgery)
