VIENNA — A nationwide cohort study carried out in France found ocular complications in more than 10% of eyes after Nd:YAG capsulotomy, mainly observed within the first 3 months after the procedure.
Increased risk was found with shorter intervals of 1 year or less between primary surgery and YAG.
The FreYAG2 study included 6,210 patients based on claims data. Complications of interest were ocular hypertension (OHT), macular edema (ME) and retinal detachment (RD).
“We found a 13% cumulative incidence of at least one of these complications within 12 months, specifically 10% for OHT and