![]() ![]() Pellucid Marginal Degeneration, Corneal Perforation, Cyanoacrylate Tissue Adhesive, Amniotic Membrane This case illustrates the clinical efficacy of amniotic membrane grafting as an effective alternative in the management of spontaneous corneal perforation resulted from pellucid marginal degeneration. The corneal integrity was restored with resolution of the corneal edema and the visual acuity improved from 20/400 before surgery to 20/40 three months later. There was no aqueous leakage on the first post- operative day. Amniotic membrane grafting using both a surgical graft and a bandage patch was thus performed in the operating room the following day. The initial management with cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive and bandage contact lens did not preclude aqueous leakage the next day. Received 8 July 2015 accepted 27 November 2015 published 30 November 2015Ī 47-year-old woman with a history of pellucid marginal degeneration was referred for management of hydrops and peripheral perforation of the right cornea. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). 1Department of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USAĢDepartment of Ophthalmology, The Wilmer Eye Institute, The John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USAĬopyright © 2015 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. ![]()
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