Clinical Features and Treatments of Syphilitic Uveitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 5

Ocular complications and systemic adverse events (318 eyes).

Complications	Number of events; (proportion, %)	N/N (%)
Ocular complications
Cataract	41 (29.5)	12.9
Ocular HTN	15 (10.8)	4.7
PS	15 (10.8)	4.7
Chorioretinal scarring	12 (8.6)	3.8
ERM	12 (8.6)	3.8
ME	10 (7.2)	3.1
Optic disc atrophy	10 (7.2)	3.1
RD	8 (5.8)	2.5
PVR	5 (3.6)	1.6
Phthisis bulbi	4 (2.9)	1.3
Others	7 (5.0)	2.2
Total	139 (100)	43.7
Systemic adverse events
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction	3	2.2 (of 136; patients)

ERM: epiretinal membrane; HTN: hypertension; ME: macular edema; PS: posterior synechiae; PVR: proliferative vitreoretinopathy; RD: retinal detachment; percentage of eyes with ocular complications in a total of 318 eyes included in eight studies that reported complications.