Corynebacterium ocular infection after Baerveldt glaucoma implant surgery: treatment involving immediate tube withdrawal and temporary subconjunctival tube placement: a case report
| Autor: | Yuki Morizane, Etsuo Chihara, Jiro Seguchi, Naruka Mitsui, Akiko Narita, Kae Sugihara |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Intraocular pressure Visual acuity Conjunctiva Glaucoma implant surgery genetic structures Ocular infection Case Report Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures Dehiscence Corynebacterium Quadrant (abdomen) Endophthalmitis medicine Humans Tube (fluid conveyance) Glaucoma Drainage Implants Aged business.industry Glaucoma General Medicine RE1-994 medicine.disease eye diseases Tube exposure Surgery Ophthalmology medicine.anatomical_structure Glaucoma drainage device sense organs medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | BMC Ophthalmology BMC Ophthalmology, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1471-2415 |
| Popis: | Background We report a case of Corynebacterium endophthalmitis secondary to tube exposure following Baerveldt glaucoma implant surgery that was successfully treated with prompt tube withdrawal and temporary subconjunctival tube placement without removing the glaucoma drainage device. Case presentation A 65-year-old Japanese man with secondary glaucoma underwent glaucoma drainage device surgery with a donor scleral patch graft in the inferonasal quadrant of his right eye. Ten months after surgery, he presented with tube exposure due to dehiscence of the overlying conjunctiva and erosion of the scleral patch graft. Eleven days later, mild inflammation was found in the anterior chamber and anterior vitreous body, with the root of the tube surrounded by a plaque at the site of insertion in the anterior chamber. He was diagnosed with infectious endophthalmitis secondary to tube exposure. Two days later, since medical therapy was ineffective, the tube was withdrawn from the anterior chamber and irrigated with a polyvinyl alcohol-iodine solution, and the tube was tucked into the subconjunctival space. Complete resolution of the infection was achieved 1.5 months later. The tube was reinserted nasally into the anterior chamber and covered with a scleral patch graft and a free limbal conjunctival autograft. Thereafter, there has been no recurrence of infection or tube exposure. Twenty eight months after tube reinsertion, his right best-corrected visual acuity was 20/50 and intraocular pressure was 12 mmHg. Conclusion Prompt tube withdrawal and temporary subconjunctival tube placement followed by tube reinsertion may be effective for endophthalmitis associated with tube exposure after glaucoma drainage device surgery. |
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