Cole Eye Institute Outcomes

An analysis of intraoperative complications for 802 surgical procedures revealed no complications in 98.8% of cases. Vitreous hemorrhage (0.5%), sub retinal hemorrhage (0.2%), iatrogenic retinal breaks (0.2%) and other (0.2%) were the complications noted. The other category included one case each of iatrogenic iridotomy and hypotony.

An analysis of postoperative complications in patients who returned to the operating room within 90 days of surgery revealed that 94% out of a total of 802 cases performed in 2022 had no postoperative complications. The most prevalent postoperative complications were complicated retinal detachment (with proliferative vitreoretinopathy, 3%); recurrent retinal detachment (without proliferative vitreoretinopathy,1%); trauma related (0.5%); macular hole (new/recurrent/persistent, 0.5%); vitreous hemorrhage (0.4%); lens-related (0.6%); and other (0.1%), which included two cases of silicone oil and one case each of iris bombe and retinal tear.