Monitoring of ocular perfusion pressure during vitrectomy may prevent visual field defect

Continuous monitoring of mean ocular perfusion pressure during pars plana vitrectomy may prevent surgically induced visual field defect, a surgeon told colleagues at the FLOREtina meeting in Florence, Italy.“Unexplained visual field loss after vitrectomy has been reported in up to 14% of patients,” Tommaso Rossi, MD, said.

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