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Rare corneal complication following selective laser trabeculoplasty.

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Purpose

This case report describes two glaucoma patients who underwent selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) and developed a rare post-procedure corneal complication and subsequent permanent corneal distortions and reduced acuity.

Observations

Both patients experienced early post-procedure corneal edema, reduced visual acuity, and pain. Each patient was treated with topical steroids with resolution of the edema, but each patient had irregular corneal astigmatism which was not present pre-operatively and did not resolve.

Conclusions and importance

There are very few reported cases of post-SLT corneal edema and these typically resolve without long-term complications. The following two cases represent an uncommon adverse event of irregular corneal astigmatism despite resolution of the corneal edema. The exact mechanism of these corneal effects is not known. Practitioners should inform patients of this rare, but possible complication following SLT and consider extra precautions in patients susceptible to corneal edema.

SUBMITTER: Wood SD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5956624 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Rare corneal complication following selective laser trabeculoplasty.

Wood Sarah Dougherty SD Elam Angela A Moroi Sayoko S

American journal of ophthalmology case reports 20180131

<h4>Purpose</h4>This case report describes two glaucoma patients who underwent selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) and developed a rare post-procedure corneal complication and subsequent permanent corneal distortions and reduced acuity.<h4>Observations</h4>Both patients experienced early post-procedure corneal edema, reduced visual acuity, and pain. Each patient was treated with topical steroids with resolution of the edema, but each patient had irregular corneal astigmatism which was not pres ...[more]

PMID: 29780908

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Project description:BackgroundTrabecular meshwork and Schlemm's canal are the tissues appointed to modulate the aqueous humour outflow from the anterior chamber. The impairment of their functions drives to an intraocular pressure increase. The selective laser trabeculoplasty is a laser therapy of the trabecular meshwork able to decrease intraocular pressure. The exact response mechanism to this treatment has not been clearly delineated yet. The herein presented study is aimed at studying the gene expression changes induced in trabecular meshwork cells by selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) in order to better understand the mechanisms subtending its efficacy.Methodology/principal findingsPrimary human trabecular meshwork cells cultured in fibroblast medium underwent selective laser trabeculoplasty treatment. RNA was extracted from a pool of cells 30 minutes after treatment while the remaining cells were further cultured and RNA was extracted respectively 2 and 6 hours after treatment. Control cells stored in incubator in absence of SLT treatment were used as reference samples. Gene expression was evaluated by hybridization on miRNA-microarray and laser scanner analysis. Scanning electron microscopic examination was performed on 2 Trabecular meshwork samples after SLT at 4(th) and 6(th) hour from treatment. On the whole, selective laser trabeculoplasty modulates in trabecular meshwork the expression of genes involved in cell motility, intercellular connections, extracellular matrix production, protein repair, DNA repair, membrane repair, reactive oxygen species production, glutamate toxicity, antioxidant activities, and inflammation.Conclusions/significanceSLT did not induce any phenotypic alteration in TM samples. TM is a complex tissue possessing a great variety of function pivotal for the active regulation of aqueous humour outflow from the anterior chamber. SLT is able to modulate these functions at the postgenomic molecular level without inducing damage either at molecular or phenotypic levels.

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Rare corneal complication following selective laser trabeculoplasty.

Purpose

Observations

Conclusions and importance

Publications

Rare corneal complication following selective laser trabeculoplasty.

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