Complications of glaucoma surgery. Ocular decompression retinopathy
R. D. Fechtner, D. Minckler, R. N. Weinreb, G. Frangei and L. M. Jampol
Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego.
In seven eyes of four patients, retinal hemorrhages were observed following
trabeculectomy under both local and general anesthesia. The hemorrhages
were diffuse, both deep and superficial, and many had white centers when
first observed. Two patients were young healthy male myopes undergoing
primary trabeculectomy. The third patient was a young man with chronic
uveitis. The fourth patient was an elderly man with primary open angle
glaucoma who had an acute rise in intraocular pressure following cataract
extraction. Intraocular pressure and visual results appeared unaffected by
the hemorrhages. Retinal hemorrhages associated with ocular decompression
appear to be relatively benign.
