Notice: Users may be experiencing issues with displaying some pages on stanfordhealthcare.org. We are working closely with our technical teams to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience.
 

Learn about the flu shot, COVID-19 vaccine, and our masking policy »

Stanford Health Care

Management of acute corneal hydrops with intracameral gas injection. American journal of ophthalmology case reports Sayadi, J. J., Lam, H., Lin, C. C., Myung, D. 2020; 20: 100994

Abstract

Purpose: To report two cases of severe acute corneal hydrops that were resolved by intracameral gas injection alone.Observations: Case 1 is a 27-year-old woman with bilateral severe keratoconus who developed sequential acute corneal hydrops in the right eye followed by the left eye that were each successfully treated using intracameral 20% sulfur hexafluoride gas injection. Case 2 is a 62-year-old man that developed a large fluid cleft beneath a pre-existing LASIK flap, which resolved with intracameral 20% sulfur hexafluoride gas injection without the need for corneal transplantation.Conclusions and importance: In acute corneal hydrops, intracameral gas injection to tamponade Descemet's membrane tears with decompression of stromal fluid can be an effective intervention to delay or avoid keratoplasty in individuals whose corneal hydrops does not improve with conventional medical management.

View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100994

View details for PubMedID 33319122