Intravitreal suture: a complication of pterygium surgery.
Among the complications associated with pterygium surgery, scleral perforation is mentioned in cases where subconjunctival tissue must be separated from the sclera. We present a case in which such a perforation and consequent suturing resulted in an intravitreous migration of a suture. We believe this is the first report of such a complication following pterygium surgery.
Solomon
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Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Rosen
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Treister
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Bartov
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D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011625:Pterygium / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014822:Vitreous Body