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Majid Moshirfar MD, Trey W. Fanning, BS, Orry Birdsong, MD
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This patient had an old corneal alkali burn injury, with near total loss of corneal limbal stem cells. Corneal neovascularization occured, as expected.
A suture needle was passed under the corneal stroma at the level of the neovascularization. A cautery was then touched to the needle to cauterize the vessels. This was repeated at multiple sites of neovascularization.
Following cauterization, injections were completed in a peri-limbal fashion near the area of feeding blood vessels.
The main purpose of this procedure was to prepare the patient for a corneal transplant in the near future.
Posted: 7/31/2018
Majid Moshirfar MD, Trey W. Fanning, BS, Orry Birdsong, MD
This patient had an old corneal alkali burn injury, with near total loss of corneal limbal stem cells. Corneal neovascularization occured, as expected.
A suture needle was passed under the corneal stroma at the level of the neovascularization. A cautery was then touched to the needle to cauterize the vessels. This was repeated at multiple sites of neovascularization.
Following cauterization, injections were completed in a peri-limbal fashion near the area of feeding blood vessels.
The main purpose of this procedure was to prepare the patient for a corneal transplant in the near future.
Posted: 7/31/2018
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