AlAmry Mohammed, Alahareef Esraa, Aljebreen Abdulrahamn, AlJudaibi Ramzi
Emergency Department Senior Consultant, Anterior Segment Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
General Practitioner, Ministry of Health, Medina, Saudi Arabia.
Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol. 2024 Jan 22;30(1):59-61. doi: 10.4103/meajo.meajo_71_23. eCollection 2023 Jan-Mar.
Scleral rupture is a rare but significant complication that can occur due to multiple risk factors. In this report, we discuss two instances of scleral perforation that happened during a silicone oil injection and after a peribulbar injection. Our study suggests that prior ocular surgery is a further risk factor for intraoperative scleral rupture, and more investigation is required to identify additional relevant risk factors that weaken the sclera.
巩膜破裂是一种罕见但严重的并发症,可由多种风险因素引起。在本报告中,我们讨论了两例在硅油注射期间和球周注射后发生的巩膜穿孔病例。我们的研究表明,既往眼部手术是术中巩膜破裂的另一个风险因素,需要更多的研究来确定其他削弱巩膜的相关风险因素。