Case series of scleral patch grafts during COVID-19 pandemic

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 corne...

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Autores principales: Siva Jyothi, E Lalitha, Gopala Krishna, O, Lakshmana Rao, P, Raja Sekhar, P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Expedited Publication, Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8544111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34427260
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_3784_20
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author Siva Jyothi, E Lalitha
Gopala Krishna, O
Lakshmana Rao, P
Raja Sekhar, P
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description 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 the cornea being used for patch grafts. Now in this COVID-19 time, due to scarcity of corneal tissue, this technique of scleral patch grafts can be considered as an alternative to corneal patch grafts, which serves well the tectonic/therapeutic purpose and helps salvage the eye.
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spelling pubmed-85441112021-10-29 Case series of scleral patch grafts during COVID-19 pandemic Siva Jyothi, E Lalitha Gopala Krishna, O Lakshmana Rao, P Raja Sekhar, P Indian J Ophthalmol Expedited Publication, Case Reports 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 the cornea being used for patch grafts. Now in this COVID-19 time, due to scarcity of corneal tissue, this technique of scleral patch grafts can be considered as an alternative to corneal patch grafts, which serves well the tectonic/therapeutic purpose and helps salvage the eye. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-09 2021-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8544111/ /pubmed/34427260 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_3784_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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