Combined perfluoropropane gas and viscoelastic material injection for anterior chamber reformation following trabeculectomy.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a novel technique to treat hypotony and shallow anterior chamber following trabeculectomy


METHODS
Three patients who underwent fornix based trabeculectomy with mitomycin C (MMC) presented in the postoperative days with a shallow anterior chamber, hypotony, and overfiltrating blebs. They were treated with an injection of 0.2 ml of 16% perfluoropropane (C(3)F(8)) to the anterior chamber followed by an injection of a viscoelastic material.


RESULTS
In all patients the anterior chamber was reformed successfully without any complications.


CONCLUSIONS
Patients with a shallow anterior chamber and overfiltrating blebs following a recent trabeculectomy can be treated successfully with a combination of a long acting gas and a viscoelastic material.
Kurtz
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Department of Ophthalmology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Leibovitch
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D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004548:Elasticity; D005260:Female; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014130:Trabeculectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014783:Viscosity
D005466:Fluorocarbons; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid; C042852:perflutren