INTRAOPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS IN PHACOVITRECTOMY FOR EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE AND MACULAR HOLE: A Clinical Audit of 1,000 Consecutive Eyes

Purpose:
The aim of this study was to report the intraoperative and postoperative complications of phacovitrectomy for epiretinal membrane (ERM) and macular hole (MH).
Methods:
This was a retrospective audit of 1,052 phacovitrectomy operations (410 for ERM and 642 for MH) by the same surgical team between 1998 and 2017. Outcome measures included rates of intraoperative anterior segment and posterior segment complications such as posterior capsule rupture and retinal breaks. A subgroup analysis of 189 procedures in which postoperative complications were rigorously recorded was also undertaken.
Results:
The rate of posterior capsule rupture was 2.2%, with no difference between ERM and MH (1.7 vs. 2.5%; P = 0.40). Iatrogenic retinal tears were more common in MH than in ERM surgery (15.6 vs. 6.8%; P

Source: RETINA - August 23, 2018 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Original Study Source Type: research