title: Descemet membranotomy to treat pre-descemet haematoma after deep sclerectomy and anterior segment-OCT related findings: A presentation of two clinical cases.
abstract: METHODS
  An 81 year-old woman and a 63 year-old man developed a pre-Descemet haematoma after deep sclerectomy (DS), the former during the surgery itself and the latter during the early post-operative period. The surgical technique is decribed that led to the evacuation of the haematoma and the preservation of the integrity of trabeculo-Descemet membrane. The anterior-segment OCT findings after surgery are also presented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These are the first reported cases of pre-Descemet haematoma after DS that have been successfully repaired by an ab interno Descemet membranotomy. Surgeons should be aware of this rare, but potentially sight-threatening, complication.
authors: Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, España.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Casas-Llera
authors: Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, España.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Arnalich-Montiel
authors: Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, España.
authors: F J
authors: FJ
authors: Muñoz-Negrete
authors: Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, España. Electronic address: grebolleda@telefonica.net.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Rebolleda
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000388:Air; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003886:Descemet Membrane / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000601:surgery; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery*; D013396:Suction; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence
keywords: Cirugía de glaucoma no perforante; Deep sclerectomy; Desprendimiento hemorrágico de la membrana de Descemet; Esclerectomía profunda no perforante; Haemorrhagic Descemet membrane detachment; Hematoma pre-descemético; Non-penetrating glaucoma surgery; Pre-Descemet haematoma