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Repair of a disinserted scleral flap in trabeculectomy
S F Riley1, T J Smith, R J Simmons
1New England Glaucoma Research Foundation, Boston, Mass.
Ophthalmic Surgery
|May 1, 1993
Abstract:
We report a surgical technique for repair of a disinserted scleral flap involving the use of two 10-0 nylon sutures, which are placed through the base of the scleral flap, and through and out of the peripheral cornea. These two sutures create a water-tight flap at the repaired hinged area. The procedure may thus continue as a trabeculectomy, permitting postoperative staged argon-laser suture lysis as well.