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

Table 3

Complications after UC³.

Complications		Incidence
Mild	Intraoperative pain	4.1%–10.7%
	Conjunctival hyperaemia	37.5%–75%
	Subconjunctival; hemorrhage	4%–16.6%
	Superficial punctate; keratitis	10.7%–40%
	Anterior chamber; reaction	16.6%–40%
	IOP spikes	6.6%–20.8%
	Focal scleral thinning	3.3%
Severe/vision threatening	Transient VA decrease	10.7%
	Transient hypotony	1.6%–5%
	Corneal edema	7.1%–8.3%
	Corneal ulceration^§	8.3%–16.6%
	Transient macular; edema	3.3%–3.6%

UC³: ultrasonic circular cyclocoagulation; VA: visual acuity.
IOP increase higher than 5 versus baseline, in the first week.
≥2 Snellen lines, transient.
^§Patients with preexisting corneal disorders.
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