title: Imaging of descemet membrane detachment after trabeculectomy using slit-lamp-adapted optical coherence tomography.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the use of slit-lamp-adapted optical coherence tomography (SL-OCT) in imaging 2 patients with Descemet membrane detachment following anterior chamber reformation after trabeculectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two patients, with leaking and overfiltering blebs, respectively, developed Descemet detachments after reformation of flat anterior chambers with viscoelastics. Slit-lamp biomicroscopy and SL-OCT were used to diagnose and monitor posttreatment outcome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Biomicroscopic evaluation and SL-OCT imaging of the cornea revealed a Descemet detachment in both cases. One patient underwent intracameral air injection. Follow-up SL-OCT imaging revealed reattachment of Descemet membrane and reduced corneal thickness.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SL-OCT can be used to document and follow postsurgical detachment of Descemet membrane.
authors.affiliation: Department of Opthalmology, Einhorn Clinical Research Center, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, NY 10003, USA.
authors.forename: Pat-Michael
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Palmiero
authors.forename: Zaher
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sbeity
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liebmann
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ritch
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000473:pathology*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003886:Descemet Membrane / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014130:Trabeculectomy