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• TITLE: Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid Chelation for Band Keratopathy before Ab Interno Glaucoma Surgery

  AUTHORS: Tomoki Shirakami, Yasuyuki Takai, Mihoko Mochiji, Masaki Tanito

  KEYWORDS: Microhook Ab Interno Trabeculotomy, Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS), Band Keratopathy, Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma, Ethylene-Diamine-Tetra-Acetic Acid (EDTA) Chelation

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol.9 No.4, October 11, 2019

  ABSTRACT: An 87-year-old woman with primary open-angle glaucoma presented to our hospital. Although the combined cataract and minimally invasive glaucoma surgeries (MIGS) were an appropriate surgical option, the presence of band keratopathy made it difficult to perform ab interno glaucoma surgery in her right eye (OD); therefore, the corneal opacity was removed using ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) chelation procedure. One month after chelation, microhook ab interno trabeculotomy and cataract surgery were performed successfully. Clear intraoperative visualization of the angle structures is critical for the success of these MIGS procedures. In glaucomatous eyes that require MIGS, EDTA chelation is a good neoadjuvant therapy for coexisting band keratopathy.