Review Article
Update on Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy for Retinoblastoma
Table 2
Complications of intra-arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma in the literature.
| Studies | Number of patients | Choroidal ischemia (%) | Retinal detachment | Eyelid edema | Other |
| Munier et al. [25] | 13 | 23% | | | |
| Shields et al. [18] | 17 | 35% | | | |
| Bayar et al. [26] | 15 | | 7% | 20% | (i) CN palsy 7% (ii) Vitreous hemorrhage 27% (iii) Retinal pigment epithelial change 47% |
| Shields et al. [6] | 70 | | | 14% | (i) Blepharoptosis 14% (ii) Forehead hyperemia 4% (iii) Vitreous hemorrhage 6% (iv) Ophthalmic artery obstruction 4% |
| Tsimpida et al. [27] | 12 | 33% | 8% | | Total visual loss 4% |
| Gobin et al. [17] | 98 | | | 14% | |
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