Choroidal Detachment After Trabeculectomy.

Lee, Dong Seck; Jung, Hai Ryun

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1988;29(4):561-566.
Published online April 1, 1988.

Choroidal Detachment After Trabeculectomy.

Dong Seck Lee, Hai Ryun Jung

Department of Ophthalmology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

섬유주절제술후 속발한 맥락막박리

이동석(Dong Seok Lee),정해륜(Hai Ryun Jung)

Abstract

Hypotony and choroidal detachment have been found to be the most common complication after trabeculectomy, with a mean onset time of 5.6 days. We experienced five eyes of four patients with glaucoma, which developed a flat anterior chamber, hypotony, and choroidal detachment two to nine days after technically uncomplicated trabeculectomy. After treatment with topical and systemic corticosteroids and mydriatic-cycloplegic eyedrops, four of five eyes showed clinical improvement within six days. The one remaining eye eventually improved after surgical drainage of the choroidal detachment and reformation of the anterior chamber performed on the seventh postoperative day.