September 2016
Volume 57, Issue 12
Open Access
ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   September 2016
EVALUATION OF CHANGES IN OCULAR SURFACE AFTER VITRECTOMY SURGERY
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Chiara Del Noce
    DINOGMI, University of Genoa Eye Clinic, Genoa, Italy
  • Francesca Bruzzone
    DINOGMI, University of Genoa Eye Clinic, Genoa, Italy
  • Silvio Lai
    DINOGMI, University of Genoa Eye Clinic, Genoa, Italy
  • Maurizio . ROLANDO
    DINOGMI, University of Genoa Eye Clinic, Genoa, Italy
  • Carlo Enrico Traverso
    DINOGMI, University of Genoa Eye Clinic, Genoa, Italy
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships   Chiara Del Noce, None; Francesca Bruzzone, None; Silvio Lai, None; Maurizio ROLANDO, None; Carlo Traverso, None
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science September 2016, Vol.57, 3881. doi:
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      Chiara Del Noce, Francesca Bruzzone, Silvio Lai, Maurizio . ROLANDO, Carlo Enrico Traverso; EVALUATION OF CHANGES IN OCULAR SURFACE AFTER VITRECTOMY SURGERY. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2016;57(12):3881.

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Abstract

Purpose : To evaluate the relationship between vitrectomy surgery and the alteration of ocular surface homeostasis.

Methods : A total of 25 phakic patients with vitreo-retinal interface pathologies and without ocular surface diseases were enrolled. All underwent the conventional 25/23 gauge pars plana vitrectomy surgery. Evaluation were made using a VAS symptoms questionnaire (subjective parameters scored from 0 to 10) and a slit lamp (blink rate, palpebral and bulbar conjunctival irritation, BUT, meniscus, fluorescine and lissamine green staining).

Results : One year after surgery, according to the VAS classification the ranking resulted: desire to keep the eyes closed , foreign body sensation , burning, pain , roughness and heat . Blink was incomplete and more frequent in 32 % of patients . Approximately 98% of patients revealed both palpebral and conjunctival irritation. BUT was reduced in 80% of patients. The meniscus was irregular and thinned in 88% of patients . According to the Oxford scale, fluorescein staining was positive in 60% of patients: 73% Grade I and 27% Grade II while lissamine green staining was positive in 84% of patients: 52% of grade I , 28% grade II and 20% of grade III.

Conclusions : Vitrectomy surgery 23/25 gauge with transconjunctival approach might give ocular surface alterations and ocular discomfort.

This is an abstract that was submitted for the 2016 ARVO Annual Meeting, held in Seattle, Wash., May 1-5, 2016.

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