Abstract | BACKGROUND: To report the rate of postoperative complications in 943 consecutive eyes operated on with 23-gauge transconjunctival pars plana vitrectomy. METHODS: Single-center, retrospective, noncomparative, interventional case series. Nine hundred and forty-three eyes underwent 23-gauge transconjunctival core and peripheral vitrectomy with peripheral laser at the sclerotomy sites from May 2005 through April 2008. The main outcome measures were intraocular pressure at 1 day and at 1 week and intra- and postoperative complications with at least 6-month follow-up. RESULTS: Eight hundred and thirty-one eyes (88%) did not have either significant intra- or postoperative complications. Sclerotomy leakage requiring suture occurred in 37 eyes (3.9%). One choroidal detachment (0.1%) spontaneously resolved 1 week after surgery. At postoperative Day 1, 31 eyes (3.3%) experienced transient hypotony. Forty-five eyes (4.8%) presented a subtle vitreous hemorrhage that resolved spontaneously. Two retinal detachments (0.2%) occurred, one at 1 month and one at 3 months. They resolved with one further vitrectomy. Seven hundred and forty eyes completed the 12-month follow-up and presented no further complications. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Barbara Parolini, Guido Prigione, Federica Romanelli, Matteo G Cereda, Mauro Sartore, Grazia Pertile |
Journal | Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.)
(Retina)
Vol. 30
Issue 1
Pg. 107-11
(Jan 2010)
ISSN: 1539-2864 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 19816241
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Conjunctiva
- Eye Diseases
(surgery)
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Intraocular Pressure
(physiology)
- Intraoperative Complications
- Laser Coagulation
- Male
- Microsurgery
(methods)
- Middle Aged
- Postoperative Complications
- Retinal Diseases
(surgery)
- Retrospective Studies
- Sclera
(surgery)
- Sclerostomy
- Vitrectomy
(methods)
- Vitreous Body
(surgery)
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