title: Use of an Autologous Lamellar Scleral Graft to Repair a Scleral Melt After Mitomycin Application.
abstract: Mitomycin (MMC) has been associated with a variety of complications, including corneoscleral melt. We report the successful repair of a scleral melt with a partial thickness autologous scleral graft of the scleral melting. A 55-year-old male patient underwent pterygium resection surgery and intraoperative MMC application. The patient developed a deep melting area that almost reached the choroid layer at the nasal sclera. We repaired scleral defect with a partial thickness autologous scleral graft. Closure of an MMC-associated scleral melting area with an autologous partial thickness scleral graft is an effective and easy-to-use method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty, Inonu University, 44 280, Malatya, Turkey. drnihatpolat@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Nihat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Polat
keywords: Autologous; Mitomycin; Scleral graft; Scleral melting