title: Autoscleral flap grafting: a technique of scleral repair.
abstract: We describe using the technique of autoscleral flap grafting in 1 eye with scleral staphyloma, in 2 eyes with scleral ectasia, and in 1 eye with scleral deficiency following excision of a limbal tumor. In three cases, follow up was over 6 months; in the remaining case, 2 months. In one patient, the scleral ectasia recurred, since the scleral flap that could be dissected was thin. The recurrence was managed successfully by a periosteal autograft.
authors.affiliation: Vision Research Foundation, Madras, India.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gopal
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Badrinath
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012590:Sclera / Q000637:transplantation*; D015422:Scleral Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous