Leftover mitomycin-c sponge causing blebitis

Trabeculectomy is the commonest surgical intervention performed worldwide for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma. However, the use of antimetabolites during trabeculectomy has been associated with various bleb related complications. We report this interesting case to highlight unique clinical pres...

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Autores principales: Khamar, Mayuri, Bhojwani, Deepak, Patel, Priyanka, Vasavada, Abhay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6786170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31546554
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1946_18
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author Khamar, Mayuri
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description Trabeculectomy is the commonest surgical intervention performed worldwide for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma. However, the use of antimetabolites during trabeculectomy has been associated with various bleb related complications. We report this interesting case to highlight unique clinical presentation and management of a leftover mitomycin-C sponge causing blebitis.
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spelling pubmed-67861702019-10-16 Leftover mitomycin-c sponge causing blebitis Khamar, Mayuri Bhojwani, Deepak Patel, Priyanka Vasavada, Abhay Indian J Ophthalmol Case Reports Trabeculectomy is the commonest surgical intervention performed worldwide for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma. However, the use of antimetabolites during trabeculectomy has been associated with various bleb related complications. We report this interesting case to highlight unique clinical presentation and management of a leftover mitomycin-C sponge causing blebitis. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6786170/ /pubmed/31546554 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1946_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6786170/
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