title: [Treatment of sclero-corneomalacia after cataract surgery].
abstract: We treated sclero-corneomalacia in an 84-year-old woman, which occurred 7 months after cataract surgery on her left eye. Since medical therapy could not prevent progress of the sclero-corneal lesion and perforation of the eyeball was likely, we performed implantation of preservable sclera and keratoepithelioplasty. The patient has an uneventful postoperative course without recurrence and good visual acuity was preserved. To minimize the post-operative inflammation and early reform of the ocular surface, implantation of preservable sclera and keratoepithelioplasty is an effective procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Teikyo University Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyasaka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akimoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012590:Sclera / Q000637:transplantation; D015422:Scleral Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery