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Endophthalmitis after compression sutures for enlarged conjunctival filtration bleb following trabeculectomy.

Luciano Quaranta and Teodoro Pizzolante

Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 40(4):432-3 (2009) PMID 19634754

Compression sutures are a widely used surgical procedure to treat over-filtration blebs associated with corneal dellen, bleb-related dysesthesia, and hypotony. In the current clinical case, a severe complication of compression sutures for the treatment of over-filtering conjunctival bleb following trabeculectomy is described.

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