What Researchers Did
Researchers reported on a single patient who developed severe eye complications after a common eye surgery and was then treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
What They Found
A male patient developed scleral necrosis 20 days after pterygium removal surgery, following the application of 0.4 mg/mL topical mitomycin C eye drops for three weeks. After other treatments failed, the patient received 24 sessions of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. This treatment led to the revascularization of the sclera, which returned to near normal thickness.
Canadian Relevance
No direct Canadian connection identified.
Study Limitations
As a case report, this study only describes the experience of one patient, so its findings cannot be broadly applied to others without further research.