Titel | Corneal complications following use of intraoperative Mitomycin C in filtering surgery. |
Abstract Nr. | 141 |
Doel | To present the corneal complications of the Mitomycin C use that arose three weeks after the application of Mitomycin C during filtering surgery in two patients. |
Methodes | Clinical observation of diffuse epithelopathy with subepithelial stromal oedema of the cornea in an elderly lady, 81 years of age, three weeks after she underwent a trabeculectomy with Mitomycin C. Another patient, a 76 year old man, first developed an epithelium defect on the central cornea in the third postoperative week after a trabeculectomy with Mitomycin C. Later the corneal stroma melted and resulted in a corneal perforation during the second postoperative month. |
Resultaten | Two patients developed serious corneal complications several weeks after the scleral application of Mitomycin C during trabeculectomy. |
Conclusie | Serious corneal complications may arise following the intraoperative use of Mitomycin C in filtering surgery. The possible factors that influence the development of the corneal side effects will be discussed. |
Naam | COPPENS |
Initialen | G |
Instituut | Department of ophthalmology, University Hospitals, Leuven, B-3000, Belgium |
Stad | Leuven |
Naam | MAUDGAL |
Initialen | PC |
Instituut | Department of ophthalmology, University Hospitals, Leuven, B-3000, Belgium |
Stad | Leuven |