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Management of Ahmed glaucoma valve tube exposure after scleral patch graft shrinkage. [PDF]
Indian J Ophthalmol, 2022 Background: Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) is an useful modality in the management of medically refractory glaucoma. Human donor scleral patch graft (SPG) can be employed to cover the external portion of the tube to prevent its exposure and associated sight-threatening complication. Purpose:
Mansoori T.
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Baerveldt Scleral Patch Graft Abscess Secondary to Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus. [PDF]
Case Rep Ophthalmol, 2017 We report the case of a 69-year-old female who underwent a Baerveldt implant placement for severe-stage primary open-angle glaucoma and developed a bacterial infection of the conjunctiva and abscess of the scleral patch graft with subsequent tube exposure.
Nguyen V +3 more
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Combined Scleral Flap with Donor Scleral Patch Graft for Anterior Tube Placement in Glaucoma Drainage Device Surgery. [PDF]
Case Rep Ophthalmol Med, 2016 Purpose. To report a new technique for anterior placement of tubes for glaucoma drainage devices to reduce the risk of tube erosions.Methods. Retrospective review of select cases of Ahmed Valve surgery combined with the novel method of a limbal-based scleral flap covered by a scleral patch graft to cover the tube at the entrance through the limbus ...
Yu JH +3 more
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Unilateral idiopathic spontaneous filtering bleb repaired by donor scleral patch graft. [PDF]
Digit J OphthalmolWe report the case of a 33-year-old woman with a history of hypothyroidism and ocular history of mild myopia who presented with a spontaneous filtering bleb. Extensive systemic rheumatologic evaluation was unrevealing. The bleb was observed for many months, until the patient's vision declined secondary to the development of hypotony maculopathy.
Yu S +6 more
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Scleral patch graft with mucous membrane overlay for scleral perforation.
Oman J OphthalmolReddy JK +4 more
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Structural and functional outcome of scleral patch graft [PDF]
Eye, 2006 To evaluate the visual and structural outcomes of scleral patch grafting in cases of scleral defect.The study was a retrospective interventional case series. Medical records of all patients who underwent scleral patch grafting at a tertiary care centre between 1997 and 2003 for scleral defects were reviewed. After removal of all the devitalized tissue,
V S, Sangwan, V, Jain, P, Gupta
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Case series of scleral patch grafts during COVID-19 pandemic
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 Scleral graft is done for clinical conditions as scleral melt post pterygium surgery, immune or infection related scleral melt, for covering the tubes of Ahmed glaucoma valve implant, for covering the orbital implants post enucleation, etc. A review of literature revealed the use of sclera for corneal perforations in the past, but became obsolete after
E Lalitha Siva Jyothi +3 more
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Scleral patch graft as a rescue for infectious scleritis
Kerala Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020 We report a case of a 68-year-old male who presented with redness and pain in the right eye with a previous history of pterygium surgery with mitomycin-C in the same eye 2 weeks before onset of symptoms. On examination, visual acuity in the right eye was counting fingers at 2 m improving to 6/24 with pinhole and the left eye was 6/18 improving to 6/12 ...
Hilda K Nixon +3 more
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Tutoplast pericardium patch graft for scleral thinning following strabismus surgery [PDF]
Eye, 2013 Sir, The Tutoplast process is a scientific method of virally inactivating, preserving, and sterilising human tissue, which can be safely used as an allograft. The Tutoplast pericardium patch graft (Innovative Ophthalmic Products, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA, USA), supplied by IOP Ophthalmics in the United Kingdom, is comprised of low-profile collagen with ...
E S Novitskaya, L Clifford, A J Vivian
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Case series on scleral patch graft for peripheral corneal perforations
Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research, 2023 Scleral patch grafting is very commonly in use for ophthalmic conditions like scleral melting post pterygium surgery, immune or infection-related scleral melt, localized staphyloma-related scleral thinning, for covering the tubes of Ahmed glaucoma valve implant, for covering the orbital implants post enucleation, etc. A review
Ditsha Datta, Shweta Sharma
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