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ArticleCase reports in ophthalmology

Patch Grafting Using an Ologen Collagen Matrix to Manage Tubal Exposure in Glaucoma Tube Shunt Surgery.

Masaki Tanito, Ichiya Sano, Yoshifumi Ikeda, Etsuko Fujihara

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  4. Tube Revision Outcomes for Exposure with Different Repair Techniques.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020
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Masaki TanitoDivision of Ophthalmology, Matsue Red Cross Hospital, Matsue, Japan.
Ichiya SanoDivision of Ophthalmology, Matsue Red Cross Hospital, Matsue, Japan.
Yoshifumi IkedaDivision of Ophthalmology, Matsue Red Cross Hospital, Matsue, Japan.
Etsuko FujiharaDivision of Ophthalmology, Matsue Red Cross Hospital, Matsue, Japan.

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Abstract

purposeTo report the results using an ologen Collagen Matrix as a patch graft in eyes with tubal exposure after tube shunt surgery. CASE REPORTS: Case 1 was an 82-year-old man with tubal exposure in his right eye 26 months after receiving a Baerveldt glaucoma implant. The tube was covered by surrounding conjunctival tissue combined with subconjunctival placement of an ologen Collagen Matrix as a patch graft. Two years after implantation, the tube was not exposed. Anterior-segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) showed dense conjunctival tissue over the tube. Case 2 was an 82-year-old man with peripheral keratitis, anterior scleritis, and secondary glaucoma in the right eye who underwent tube shunt surgery using an Ahmed glaucoma valve and cataract surgery. Intraoperatively, scleritis-related scleral thinning prevented the tube from being covered fully by an autologous scleral flap. An ologen Collagen Matrix was placed over the scleral flap as a patch graft. Seventeen months after implantation, the tube was not exposed. Case 3 was a 52-year-old man with diabetic maculopathy and steroid-induced glaucoma in the right eye who underwent tube shunt surgery using an Ahmed glaucoma valve. Intraoperatively, a flap defect prevented the tube from being covered fully by an autologous scleral flap. An ologen Collagen Matrix was placed over the scleral flap as a patch graft. Three weeks postoperatively, AS-OCT showed thick subconjunctival tissue over the tube. Three months after implantation, the tube was not exposed.

conclusionsThe ologen Collagen Matrix can be used successfully as a patch graft to prevent and treat tubal exposure after tube shunt surgery.

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Ahmed glaucoma valveBaerveldt glaucoma implantGlaucoma tube shunt surgeryOlogen Collagen MatrixPatch graftTubal exposure

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PMCPMC5892321

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