Gas Tamponade Improved Cilio-Choroidal Effusion Induced by an Ab Interno Trabeculotomy with a Microhook: Two Cases
Mitsuya Otsuka,
Naoki Tojo,
Shuichiro Yanagisawa
et al.
Abstract:Purpose
We treated two patients with ciliary detachment due to an ab interno trabeculotomy. The ciliary detachment was improved by the use of sulfur hexafluoride (SF
6
) gas or octafluoro propane (C
3
F
8
) tamponade.
Patients and Methods
Patient 1 was a 52-year-old Brazilian man with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). His preoperative intraocular pressure (IOP) was 29 mmHg. Patient 2 was … Show more
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