title: Intravitreal suture: a complication of pterygium surgery.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Treister
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bartov
mesh_terms: 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