Journal of Ophthalmology

Clinical Study

Vascular Occlusions following Ocular Surgical Procedures: A Clinical Observation of Vascular Complications after Ocular Surgery

Table 1


Case number	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10

Sex	Female	Female	Male	Male	Female	Female	Female	Female	Male	Male
Age	79	72	53	64	63	75	71	75	63	69
Indication	Vitreous hemorrhage, rhegmatogenous RD	MH with several peripheral retinal degenerations	Vitreous hemorrhage, tractional RD	Rhegmatogenous RD	Rhegmatogenous RD	MH	Senile cataract	Senile cataract	Senile cataract	Rhegmatogenous RD
Surgical procedure	PPV, encircling band, radial buckle, SF₆ (40%)	Encircling band, PPV, C₂F₆ (10%)	PPV, MP, endolaser photocoagulation	Buckling procedure parallel to the limbus, cryopexy, subretinal punction	Meridional buckling procedure, cryopexy	PPV, ILM peeling, C₂F₆ (15%)	Phaco, PCL	Phaco, PCL	Phaco, PCL	PPV, encircling band, C₂F₆ (14%)
Preop BCVA (logMAR)	HM (2.0)	0.4	HM (2.0)	0.7	0.5	1.3	0.4	1.0	0.5	0.1
Final BCVA (logMAR)	HM (2.0)	HM (2.0)	NA	1.0	0.4	0.5	0.8	HM (2.0)	1.0	HM (2.0)
Max. postop IOP	30	32	NA	NA	NA	16	10	12	26	32
Type of vascular occlusion	Arterial branch occlusion	Central artery occlusion	Venous branch occlusion	Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy	Incomplete central vein occlusion	Arterial branch occlusion	Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy	Central artery occlusion	Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy	Combined central artery/vein occlusion
Day of onset	23	19	2	27	1	14	65	60	69	21
Ocular risk factor	Open-angle glaucoma	None	None	None	None	None	None	PEX	Diabetic retinopathy	None
Medical risk factors	Arterial hypertension, supraventricular tachycardia	Bilateral severe stenosis of ACI	Terson syndrome	Diabetes mellitus type II, arterial hypertension	Myeloproliferative syndrome	Arterial hypertension	Diabetes mellitus type II, arterial hypertension, arterial fibrillation	Arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II, cardiac arrhythmia	Diabetes mellitus type II, arterial hypertension	None

RD: retinal detachment; MH: macular hole; PPV: pars plana vitrectomy; C₂F₆: C₂F₆ gas endotamponade; SF₆: SF₆ gas endotamponade; MP: membrane peeling; BCVA: best-corrected visual acuity (logMAR): HM: hand motion; ACI: inner carotid artery; Phaco: phacoemulsification; NA: not acquired; PEX: pseudoexfoliation syndrome; PCL: posterior chamber lens implantation.