Necrotizing scleritis following uncomplicated strabismus surgery

Abstract

A 5-year-old child having infantile esotropia with bilateral inferior oblique over action underwent uncomplicated strabismus surgery. On the first postoperative day, the child was orthophoric but on day 10, the child was brought with the complaints of severe pain and redness along the original insertion of left medial rectus muscle. Immediate medical management was initiated after appropriate microbiological sampling. Subsequently, on day 13, patient developed sudden discomfort after a bout of violent cough followed by severe pain and discomfort. Slit-lamp examination confirmed the scleral wound dehiscence with vitreous prolapse for which early scleral patch graft within 6 h was performed to achieve optimal visual and cosmetic outcomes.