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Summary
A 17-year-old boy presented with sudden loss of vision in the left eye (OS) for 3 days. He was diagnosed with acute hydrops following keratoconic progression in OS. The patient was initially started on topical medical therapy, including steroids and hypertonic eye drops; showing no signs of resolution. Hence, the patient was planned for full-thickness compressive corneal sutures. Four sutures were placed along the central oedematous area covering the area of ruptured Descemet’s membrane. Signs of resolution were noticed by 1st week and there was complete resolution of oedema by 3rd post-op week. Sutures were removed by 7th postoperative week/45th day. The patient was doing fine with visual acuity of 6/60 in the last visit with no symptoms of discomfort and no signs of corneal vascularisation. Full-thickness corneal compressive sutures is an effective alternative in cases of acute hydrops if perfluoropropane gas is not available.
- Anterior chamber
- Visual pathway
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Contributors PS: conceptualisation, design, acquisition of data and writing of manuscript.
ZK: proofreading of manuscript.
NRS: writing and analysis of manuscript.
SS: proofreading and coordination.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent Obtained.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.