EARLY POSTOPERATIVE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE STABILITY AFTER COMBINED 23-GAUGE SUTURELESS VITRECTOMY AND CATARACT SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH PROLIFERATIVE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

Abstract

The incidence of early postoperative hypotony was lower in combined sutureless vitrectomy and cataract surgery than in sutureless vitrectomy alone and that of IOP elevation was very low in both groups. The maintenance of a stable IOP with a low risk of IOP fluctuation may be an additional advantage of sutureless diabetic vitrectomy combined with cataract surgery.