TY - JOUR
A1 - Trujillo-Sanchez, Gloria
A1 - Gonzalez-De La Rosa, Alejandro
A1 - Navarro-Partida, Jose
A1 - Haro-Morlett, Luis
A1 - Altamirano-Vallejo, Juan
A1 - Santos, Arturo
T1 - Feasibility and safety of vitrectomy under topical anesthesia in an office-based setting
Y1 - 2018/8/1
JF - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
JO - Indian J Ophthalmol
SP - 1136
EP - 1140
VL - 66
IS - 8
UR - https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2018;volume=66;issue=8;spage=1136;epage=1140;aulast=Trujillo-Sanchez
DO - 10.4103/ijo.IJO_289_18
N2 -
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and safety of office-based vitreoretinal procedures. Methods: Patients undergoing primary elective pars plana vitrectomy were elected for surgery in an office-based setting (performed in a minor procedure room under topical anesthesia [TA] and oral anxiolysis). Rates of surgical objective achievement, surgical timing, and comfort were recorded to evaluate feasibility. Intraoperative and postoperative adverse events were assessed to evaluate safety. Results: Office-based vitrectomy surgery was performed in 34 eyes of 30 patients. The mean surgical time was 12.351 ± 8.21 min. Surgical objectives were achieved in 100% of cases. The mean best-corrected visual acuity improvement was 9.08 letters (P < 0.0001). During most parts of the procedure, no patient reported pain or discomfort. Neither intraoperative nor postoperative adverse events were reported until the final follow-up visit. Conclusion: Office-based vitreoretinal procedures under TA could be as feasible and as safe as vitreoretinal procedures under conventional anesthesia.
ER -