Cole Eye Institute Outcomes

An analysis of intraoperative complications for 956 surgical procedures revealed no complications in 97.6% of cases. Complications noted included iatrogenic retinal breaks (1.4%), choroidal hemorrhage (0.4%), hyphema (0.2%), vitreous hemorrhage (0.1%), and other (0.3%). The other category included 1 case each of iridodialysis, sub-foveal air exchange, and dislocated lens.

An analysis of postoperative complications in patients who returned to the operating room within 90 days of surgery revealed that 95.9% out of a total of 1033 cases performed in 2023 had no postoperative complications. The most prevalent postoperative complications were retinal detachment (3%); complicated retinal detachment (1.2%), vitreous hemorrhage (0.7%); macular hole (new/recurrent/persistent, 0.3%); recurrent retinal detachment (without proliferative vitreoretinopathy, 0.2%); chorioretinitis (0.2%); and other (0.2%), which included one case each of retained silicone oil and giant retinal tear.