Spontaneous wound dehiscence after penetrating keratoplasty
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(1.Department of General Medicine Center, Sichuan Provincial People''s Hospital, Chengdu 610072, Sichuan Province, China;2.Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China)

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Conflicts of Interest: Foroutan A, None; Tabatabaei SA, None; Behrouz MJ, None; Zarei R, None; Soleimani M, None.

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    Spontaneous wound separation may be developed even months after suture removal especially in the context of long-term corticosteroid therapy. A 68-year-old Caucasian woman presented to our cornea clinic with spontaneous wound dehiscence after her third penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) which was performed three years ago. An Ahmed glaucoma valve (New World Medical, Ranchos Cucamonga, CA) was inserted ten months after the third PKP, which successfully controlled intraocular pressure (IOP). At the examination, the last sutures were removed eight months ago and she was using flourometholone 0.1 % (Sina Darou, Tehran, Iran) with a dose of once a day. There was one quadrant of wound dehiscence from 8 to 11 o`clock associated with anterior wound gape and severe corneal edema. Resuturing was performed for the patient. At the one month examination, the corneal edema was resolved and best corrected visual acuity was 20/200 mainly due to previous glaucomatous optic neuropathy. Caution about the prolonged use of corticosteroids is necessary. Topical immunosuppressives could be a promising choice in this field.

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Alireza Foroutan, Seyed Ali Tabatabaei, Mahmoud Jabbarvand Behrouz, et al. Spontaneous wound dehiscence after penetrating keratoplasty. Int J Ophthalmol, 2014,7(5):905-908

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Publication History
  • Received:August 05,2013
  • Revised:December 02,2013
  • Adopted:December 02,2013
  • Online: October 20,2014
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