Posters

Use of real time intraoperative OCT in the treatment of corneal neovascularization

Poster Details

First Author: N.Estebanez Corrales SPAIN

Co Author(s):    N. Alejandre Alba                    

Abstract Details

Purpose:

The main purpose of this report is to show how real time intraoperative OCT becomes an extremely useful tool during ocular surface surgery even in those cases where, apparently, it did not seem

Setting:

Tertiary referral Hospital Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain

Methods:

Guided intraoperative OCT images in a patient with corneal neovascularization treated with fine needle diathermy and antiangiogenic factors

Results:

Corneal angiogenesis is a common endpoint in different pathologies of ocular surface. It can lead to a decrease in visual acuity because of oedema, persistent inflammation, intrastromal protein and lipid deposition. For this reason, an early treatment should be done. Due to corneal thinning and opacity, surgery turns more complicated. Intraoperative OCT becomes really useful to avoid complications or to diagnose them as soon as possible so that we can act immediately.

Conclusions:

The utility of OCT in ocular surface surgery continues to broaden with new applications. Sometimes technology is unnecessary but in other cases, such as in the one we present, technology turns into an indispensable tool.

Financial Disclosure:

None