Comeoscleral perforation after pterygium excision and intraoperative mitomycin C.

A 28-year-old man underwent pterygium excision with a single intraoperative application of mitomycin C (0.02%) for 3 minutes. One week after the surgery, the patient developed a corneoscleral perforation with iris prolapse.

Preliminary results of intraoperative daunorubicin in strabismus surgery.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of intraoperative daunorubicin (0.02%) for patients with strabismus undergoing a second surgical procedure.

Patients And Methods: Twenty-four patients with strabismus undergoing a second surgical procedure were randomly divided into two groups.

Intraoperative daunorubicin versus conjunctival autograft in primary pterygium surgery.

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of intraoperative daunorubicin during a bare sclera procedure in primary pterygium surgery and to compare with conjunctival autograft.

Methods: The data for 84 patients who underwent pterygium surgery at Safdarjung Hospital and Guru Nanak Eye Center were analyzed retrospectively. The patients were divided into two groups: group A, those who underwent bare sclera excision along with conjunctival autograft, and group B, those who underwent bare sclera excision with intraoperative daunorubicin (0.

Primary inferior oblique overaction-management by inferior oblique recession.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of 10 mm inferior oblique recession in horizontal strabismus with V pattern and primary inferior oblique overaction.

Methods: Ten patients of V esotropia and exotropia with primary inferior oblique overaction underwent 10 mm inferior oblique recession by the methods described by Park and Stallard. Pre- and postoperative V pattern, inferior oblique overaction and binocularity were assessed.