Usefulness of the amniotic membrane graft in the management of xen® implant exposure.

Autor: Bugallo González I; Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Vital Álvarez-Buylla, Mieres, Asturias, Spain. Electronic address: inbugallo@gmail.com., Álvarez Fernández D; Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Vital Álvarez-Buylla, Mieres, Asturias, Spain., Rodríguez Balsera C; Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Vital Álvarez-Buylla, Mieres, Asturias, Spain., Fernández Díaz L; Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Vital Álvarez-Buylla, Mieres, Asturias, Spain., Viescas Fernández MJ; Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Vital Álvarez-Buylla, Mieres, Asturias, Spain., Álvarez Suárez ML; Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Vital Álvarez-Buylla, Mieres, Asturias, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia [Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed)] 2023 Jun; Vol. 98 (6), pp. 351-354. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Apr 28.
DOI: 10.1016/j.oftale.2023.04.012
Abstrakt: We report a case of a 79-year-old woman with severe glaucoma and absence of therapeutic adherence, who undergone cataract surgery and XEN® implant in her left eye. Two weeks after the intervention, conjunctival erosion was observed with exposure of the distal end of the implant, so a surgical repair was performed by combining an appositional suture of the tube, adapting its trajectory to the scleral curvature, and an amniotic membrane graft. After 6 months of follow-up, the intraocular pressure is controlled, without additional treatment needed, and no disease progression.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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