High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Circular Cyclocoagulation in Glaucoma: A Step Forward for Cyclodestruction?

Table 2

Complications after transscleral contact cyclophotocoagulation.

Complications		Incidence	Reference
Mild	AC flare/uveitis	9%–28%	[57], [58], [64], [65]
	Hyphema	0%–2%	[55], [58], [59]
	Pain	9%–21%	[55], [58], [64]
	Pupillary changes	0.8%–50%	[57], [61]
Severe/vision threatening	VA loss	8.8%–47%	[38], [54], [56], [64], [68]
	VA decrease	38.5%–62.5%	[56], [57], [59]
	Hypotony	0%–26%	[3], [43], [56], [58], [61], [66]
	Phthisis bulbi	0%–10.7%	[39], [54], [55], [61], [67]
	Retinal detachment	1%	[55]
	Sympathetic ophthalmia	?	[3], [41]

VA: visual acuity; ?: unsolved question.
≥2 Snellen lines.