Tenonplasty Combined With Free Oral Buccal Mucosa Autografts for Repair of Sclerocorneal Melt Caused by Chemical Burns.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a surgical technique for repair of an intractable sclerocorneal melt caused by a serious chemical burn.


METHODS
This study includes a technique description and review of 3 representative cases.


RESULTS
The combination of tenonplasty with a free oral buccal mucosa autograft was used in 3 patients with sclerocorneal melts caused by chemical burns. Promising results were found in each of them. The area of the sclerocorneal melt healed successfully after surgery, and the integrities of the eyeballs were salvaged.


CONCLUSIONS
This technique provides a new method for surgical repair of an intractable sclerocorneal melt caused by a chemical burn.
*No. 1 Hospital of Xi'an, Xi'an, China; and †Shaanxi Institute of Ophthalmology, Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Xi'an, China.
Shuangyong
S
Wang
Ying
Y
Tian
Haifeng
H
Zhu
Yan
Y
Cheng
Xuan
X
Zheng
Jie
J
Wu
D000328:Adult; D064592:Autografts; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005126:Eye Burns / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000601:surgery; D058752:Free Tissue Flaps; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000637:transplantation*; D015422:Scleral Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D058475:Tenon Capsule / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing; D055815:Young Adult