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Stop Medication to Avoid Oculoplastic Surgery: Prostaglandin-Associated Periorbitopathy

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Maya Kalev-Landoy and Asaf Achiron

A 65 year old patient was diagnosed with ocular hypertension his right eye (RE) and pseudoexfoliative glaucoma in his left eye (LE). He was treated bilaterally for several years with Lumigan (Bimatoprost 0.03%). However, in 2010 his LE intraocular pressure (IOP) was no longer medically controlled and he underwent a trabeculectomy surgery. LE IOP was subsequently controlled, without any medications. The patient continued to take the Lumigan to control IOP in his RE. On April 2014 the patient requested a referral for oculoplastic surgery (LE blepharoplasty), to treat a ... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8599.1000171

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