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Combined perfluoropropane gas and viscoelastic material injection for anterior chamber reformation following trabeculectomy
  1. S Kurtz,
  2. I Leibovitch
  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
  1. Correspondence to: Dr Igal Leibovitch; lleibo{at}bezeqint.net

Abstract

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.

  • perfluoropropane gas
  • viscoelastic material injection
  • anterior chamber reformation
  • trabeculectomy

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.86.11.1225

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