In a retrospective, interventional case series, the records of 20 consecutive patients who had undergone filtration surgery using fornix-based conjunctival flap and a 3-mm sclerocorneal tunnel ...

Conjunctival and scleral flap construction One important change in trabeculectomy technique has been a movement from limbus-based to fornix-based conjunctival flaps. —Remo Susanna, MD, PhD ...

Performing surgery using a mini-flap technique without mitomycin-C appears to be safer and more effective than using a conjunctival autograft technique without MMC for reducing postoperative ...

The introduction of anti-metabolite regimens to glaucoma filtration surgery has improved post-operative intraocular pressure (IOP) control; however, it has also increased the frequency of ...

This study reports the retrospective, nonrandomized results of a large single center series of consecutive nonvalved GDDs implanted with either an FB or LB conjunctival flap approach. No ...

A limbus-based half-thickness scleral flap [5 mm (circumference)×7 mm (radius)] was next prepared. A silicone tube that was designed for lacrimal surgery (external/internal diameter, 0.64/0.3 mm ...

Flap surgery is a type of plastic surgery that uses tissues from another part of the body to close open wounds while having its own blood supply. Open wounds are an open invitation for bacteria.

Allergies are the most common cause of conjunctival chemosis. Chemosis can develop after surgery on the eye. It can be caused by conjunctivitis, commonly known as pinkeye, and by a few other ...