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CASE REPORT
Year : 2019  |  Volume : 67  |  Issue : 10  |  Page : 1753-1755

Leftover mitomycin-c sponge causing blebitis


Department of Ophthalmology, Raghudeep Eye Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Mayuri Khamar
Glaucoma Clinic, Raghudeep Eye Hospital, Gurukul Road, Memnagar, Ahmedabad - 380 052, Gujarat
India
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1946_18

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Trabeculectomy is the commonest surgical intervention performed worldwide for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma. However, the use of antimetabolites during trabeculectomy has been associated with various bleb related complications. We report this interesting case to highlight unique clinical presentation and management of a leftover mitomycin-C sponge causing blebitis.


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