Repair of a disinserted scleral flap in trabeculectomy.
We report a surgical technique for repair of a disinserted scleral flap involving the use of two 10-0 nylon sutures, which are placed through the base of the scleral flap, and through and out of the peripheral cornea. These two sutures create a water-tight flap at the repaired hinged area. The procedure may thus continue as a trabeculectomy, permitting postoperative staged argon-laser suture lysis as well.
New England Glaucoma Research Foundation, Boston, Mass.
S F
SF
Riley
T J
TJ
Smith
R J
RJ
Simmons
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009757:Nylons; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures; D014130:Trabeculectomy
D009757:Nylons