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Flávio A. Rezende, MD, PhD; Luiz Gustavo T. Regis, MD; Mônica Kickinger, MD; Simone Alcântara, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 2007;125(5):699-700.

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Decompression retinopathy is a rare postoperative complication of eyes that undergo sudden ocular decompression. It has been reported mainly after glaucoma filtering surgery.¹ The clinical appearance is characterized by multiple round intraretinal hemorrhages, some with white centers, located in the postequatorial retina.

Twenty-five–gauge transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy (TSV-25) has recently been introduced for vitreoretinal surgery.² It is performed through 3 self-sealing transconjunctival pars plana sclerotomies. Despite the small sclerotomy caliber, it has been demonstrated that some patients develop transient hypotony and even choroidal detachment in the immediate postoperative period.³

We report 2 cases of ocular decompression retinopathy immediately after TSV-25 for retained lens fragments and elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) after complicated phacoemulsification.

Report of Cases

Case 1. A healthy 74-year-old white man was referred with retained lens fragments in the right eye after complicated phacoemulsification performed 20 days . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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