Releasable suture technique for trabeculectomy.
Indian J Ophthalmol
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1993 Jul; 41(2): 81-2
Article
in English
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| ID: sea-71737
ABSTRACT
We studied the effect of the releasable suture technique on immediate postoperative intraocular pressure (IOP). Nine eyes of nine patients with glaucoma had trabeculectomy with a releasable suture. In the six eyes that did not receive antimitotics, the suture was released by the fifth postoperative day; in the others suture release was delayed up to the fourteenth day. Of the nine patients, one had an acceptable postoperative IOP and did not need suture release; in another the suture broke and could not be released. In the remaining seven patients, the difference between the pre-release and post-release IOP was statistically significant (p < 0.001). The complications of this technique include failed suture release, subconjunctival hematoma and a distinctive "windshield wiper" keratopathy.
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Main subject:
Postoperative Complications
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Sutures
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Trabeculectomy
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Glaucoma
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Suture Techniques
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Corneal Diseases
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Ophthalmol
Year:
1993
Type:
Article
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