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Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Intracerebral Hemorrhage Evacuation
Published on: October 15, 2021
Healon5 in the management of intraoperative expulsive hemorrhage
Steven D Vold1, Nathan Rylander
1Department of Ophthalmology, Scott and White Memorial Hospital and Clinic, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, Texas, USA. svold@wmail.sw.org
Abstract:
We present a patient with systemic hypertension, glaucoma, and previous vitrectomy who experienced a large expulsive choroidal hemorrhage during a procedure to reposition and iris fixate a subluxated intraocular lens. Liberal use of sodium hyaluronate 2.3% (Healon5) resulted in cessation of the hemorrhage, allowing completion of the case. Healon5 may cause cessation of bleeding through a tamponade effect and thus be useful in treating patients experiencing an intraoperative expulsive hemorrhage.
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