Use of Gore-Tex in Bleb Revision after Trabeculectomy with Mitomycin
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
; : 1346-1351, 1999.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Trabeculectomy, as a surgical intervention in the treatment of glaucoma, has become most popular. The most common cause of filtration failure is obstruction of aqueous outflow due to bleb fibrosis. Adjunctive intraoperative mitomycin-C has been reported to improve the success of filtration surgery in eyes of high risk for failure. But its use increases the rate of complications after filtering surgery especially postoperative hypotony, wound leakage, and scleral necrosis. We have experienced two patients whose scleral flaps were necrotized after trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C in uncomplicated glaucoma. We report successful results in revision of filtering bleb by using Gore-Tex as a patch graft.
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Main subject:
Polytetrafluoroethylene
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Wounds and Injuries
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Fibrosis
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Trabeculectomy
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Glaucoma
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Blister
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Mitomycin
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Filtering Surgery
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Transplants
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Filtration
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
Year:
1999
Document type:
Article