[Ultrasound biomicroscopy in deep sclerectomy: case report].
Case report of a woman with the diagnosis of primary open-angle glaucoma who was submitted to a successful surgical procedure of deep sclerectomy in the right eye. In the postoperative period, at month 3, the surgical procedure was evaluated with ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) utilizing two distinct equipments (UBM 840-Zeiss; UBM-VUMAX-Sonomed), with 50-MHz transducers. The diagnostic method of ultrasound biomicroscopy can be utilized as a non invasive method to evaluate the internal architecture of the eye at the topography of deep sclerectomy. It allows to identify the anterior segment structures, their anatomical relationship, and also the intact trabecular-Descemet membrane and the intrascleral space. Ultrasound biomicroscopy showed to be useful in evaluating postoperative status of the surgical procedure.
Villas-Bôas
Flávia
F
Instituto Brasileiro de Oftalmologia e Prevenção à Cegueira. f-villasboas@bol.com.br
Allemann
Norma
N
Morales
Maira Saad Avila
MS
Omi
Carlos Akira
CA
D000368:Aged; D003886:Descemet Membrane / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D033401:Microscopy, Acoustic / Q000379:methods*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012599:Sclerostomy