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Labial salivary gland transplantation for severe dry eye due to chemical burns and Stevens-Johnson syndrome.

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg

July 2010

Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Federal University of RGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Purpose: Salivary gland transplantation has been a promising alternative for the treatment of dry eye syndrome. In this article, we describe the results of an autotransplant procedure of labial salivary glands in the upper conjunctival fornix of patients with severe dry eye.

Methods: A total of 14 eyes from 14 patients presenting with Stevens-Johnson syndrome and chemical burns were prospectively analyzed after surgery (average follow-up of 14 months).

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Most distal type I endoleaks can be treated by endovascular techniques such as coil embolization of the hypogastric artery and additional stent or extension stent grafts. We report a case of a difficult type I endoleak located in the distal end of a monoiliac conical stent graft used to treat an abdominal aortic aneurysm extensively involving both common iliac arteries. Cranial migration of the endograft and incarceration in the contralateral iliac aneurysm were observed on the computed tomographic scan.

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