LAS VEGAS — Christopher J. Rapuano, MD, discussed the “best candidates” for various types of corneal perforation treatments at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting.
During Cornea Subspecialty Day, Rapuano highlighted several techniques for central and paracentral perforations. The best candidates for corneal glue are patients with concave ulcers, perforations that are less than 1 mm in size and patients who do not have perforations at the limbus, an area where glue “tends to fall off prematurely,” he said.
For smaller perforations, glue