Management of a partial-thickness scleral-flap buttonhole during trabeculectomy.
I report the use of partial-thickness Tenon's-conjunctival tissue in the repair of an intraoperative scleral-flap buttonhole that developed during trabeculectomy using adjunctive mitomycin C.
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Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill.
D000368:Aged; D015783:Aniridia / Q000150:complications; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods