Diathermy for 23-gauge sclerotomy: a functional and morphologic study to avoid ocular hypotony.

Soraya Alessandra HorowitzNadyr A DamascenoFelipe Picanço Muralha Maurício B Pereira Maurício MaiaEduardo F Damasceno

Published in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2019)

Diathermy was safe and feasible to close sclerotomies. Vitreoretinal surgery reoperations and longer surgeries were the most significant (P<0.05) risk factors for persistent sclerotomy opening, which may be functionally closed without evidence of leakage or ocular hypotony.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
optic nerve
coronary artery disease
atrial fibrillation
surgical site infection