Ocular decompression retinopathy after trabeculectomy
Cordido Carballido, M.; Alvarez Martínez, E.; López Rodríguez, I.; Mendoza Pintor, J.L.; García Anllo, M.
Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia 77(6): 331-334
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-6691 PMID: 12058292 Document Number: 546263
Two cases of ocular decompression retinopathy associated with glaucoma filtering surgery are described. Both patients were young males, intraocular pressures were 35 and 40 mm Hg before surgery. The retinal haemorrhages resolved, and in the only case where it was possible to estimate the visual acuity, it had improved significantly. In the few cases that were reported, most involve young males with markedly high intraocular pressures before surgery and occasionally myopic.