purpose: to evaluate the complications of scleral perforation during strabismus surgery and the role of cryopexy, laser therapy, and conservative management in an animal model. methods: in this experimental study, 42 pigmented-eye rabbits were included. an s-24 needle attached to a 6-0 polyglactin suture was passed through the sclera and into the vitreous cavity in both eyes of the animals. one...

purpose : to report two patients with spontaneous scleral perforation and bleb formation associated with marfan syndrome (mfs) which one of them also showed bilateral optic nerve dural ectasia. case reports : an 11-year-old girl was referred with progressive myopia. past medical history was negative. slit-lamp examination revealed bilateral scleral thinning and perforation with bleb formation, ...

Purpose: To report two patients with spontaneous scleral perforation and bleb formation associated with Marfan syndrome (MFS); which one of them also showed bilateral optic nerve dural ectasia. Case reports: An 11-year-old girl was referred with progressive myopia. Past medical history was negative. Slit-lamp examination revealed bilateral scleral thinning and perforation with bleb formation, s...

A 66-year-old man with ectodermal dysplasia syndrome, right eye Type 1 Boston Keratoprosthesis (K-Pro), and chronic angle-closure glaucoma underwent cyclophotocoagulation diode in the (2500 mW, 2-4 seconds), which resulted scleral perforation 3 Seidel positive holes along inferotemporal limbus (Fig A). LiquiBand glue was applied perforations were covered a Tutoplast patch graft followed by amni...

Visual loss following strabismus is rare and usually follows inadvertent perforation of the globe at the time of surgery. Previous studies have reported that the incidence of this complication occurs in 8% to 12.1% of patients undergoing conventional strabismus surgery, and higher incidences have been reported for posterior fixation sutures. We conducted a prospective study to determine the inc...

INTRODUCTION Mooren's ulcer is a rare disorder of unknown etiology that is refractory to treatment. It can affect not just the cornea but also the scleral tissue and can involve both eyes. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of a 74-year-old man with a history of bilateral and malignant Mooren's ulcer. The patient had undergone an exenteratio bulbi of the left eye because of the perforation of...

We report the history and clinical presentation of an 88-year-old female with Fuchs dystrophy who developed an acute anterior necrotizing scleritis in her left eye 23 months after an uncomplicated combined penetrating keratoplasty and phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation which progressed to slceral perforation with uveal prolapses. The patient underwent a complete systemic wor...