title: Intracorneal blood removal six weeks after canaloplasty.
abstract: In a 71-year-old patient with bilateral open-angle glaucoma, intracorneal blood was found after a canaloplasty procedure in the right eye. Six weeks after surgery on ultrasound biomicroscopy examination, liquified blood and blood clots could be observed nasally in the deep corneal stroma close to the Descemet's membrane. The intracorneal blood was washed out with balanced saline solution following deep corneal incision and lamellar dissection. Descemet's membrane was reattached with air injection into the anterior chamber. Two months later, visual acuity improved to 20/50, intraocular pressure was 16 mm Hg without medication and confocal microscopy showed deep stromal folds and limited endothelial cell loss. Viscoelastic entering the cornea at Schwalbe's line and reflux of blood from the collector channels to Schlemm's canal can account for corneal hematoma. Even six weeks after canaloplasty, successful blood removal could be fulfilled without rupturing the Descemet's membrane.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossetti
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koerber
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Doro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018463:Filtering Surgery / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000601:surgery*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography
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