Inadvertent Placement of a Glaucoma Tube Into the Graft-Host Interface of an Eye With Previous Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty
Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to report the inadvertent insertion of a glaucoma tube into the graft-host interface in a patient with previous Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK). METHODS: This is a retrospective case report. RESULTS: A 56-year-old aniridic woman with a history of multiple failed penetrating keratoplasties (PKPs) and glaucoma underwent DSAEK under failed PKP of her left eye at our institution. After undergoing a subsequent glaucoma tube placement by an outside glaucoma specialist, the tube was identified in the DSAEK-PKP interface. The tube was successfully repositioned at the time of repeat PKP with placement of a Boston type I keratoprosthesis. CONCLUSIONS: Inadvertent insertion of a glaucoma tube into the DSAEK interface may result in ocular morbidity in patients with previous DSAEK surgery.
Source: Journal of Glaucoma
Language: English
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2319192433