Intracorneal blood removal six weeks after canaloplasty

• Main Authors: Alberto Rossetti, Norbert Koerber, Daniele Doro
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
• Subjects: Age-related macular degeneration; blindness; low vision; prevalence; retina; Cocultivated epithelium; conjunctiva; cornea; limbal stem cells; ocular surface; Diabetic macular edema; optical coherence tomography; sensitivity; specificity; Central macular thickness; neovascular age-related macular degeneration; segmentation error; spectral-domain optical coherence tomography; Intrastromal corneal ring segments; keraring; keratoconus; Adverse drug effects; ocular drug reactions; pharmacovigilance; microperimetry; morphology; retinal sensitivity; Canaloplasty; confocal microscopy; intracorneal blood removal; ultrasound biomicroscopy
• Online Access: http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2013;volume=61;issue=5;spage=232;epage=234;aulast=Rossetti
• ISSN: 0301-4738; 1998-3689

In a 71-year-old patient with bilateral open-angle glaucoma, intracorneal blood was found after a canaloplasty procedure in the right eye. Six weeks after surgery on ultrasound biomicroscopy examination, liquified blood and blood clots could be observed nasally in the deep corneal stroma close to the Descemet′s membrane. The intracorneal blood was washed out with balanced saline solution following deep corneal incision and lamellar dissection. Descemet′s membrane was reattached with air injection into the anterior chamber. Two months later, visual acuity improved to 20/50, intraocular pressure was 16 mm Hg without medication and confocal microscopy showed deep stromal folds and limited endothelial cell loss. Viscoelastic entering the cornea at Schwalbe′s line and reflux of blood from the collector channels to Schlemm′s canal can account for corneal hematoma. Even six weeks after canaloplasty, successful blood removal could be fulfilled without rupturing the Descemet′s membrane.