GLAUCOMA NEOVASCULAR COMO COMPLICACIÓN DE VITRECTOMÍA SECUNDARIA A RETINOPATÍA DIABÉTICA PROLIFERATIVA EN UNA POBLACIÓN ECUATORIANA.

Abstract

NVG occurs due to iris neovascularization and increased Intraocular Pressure; Vitrectomy is a surgical intervention indicated in PDR, and it has previously been described that it generates risk factors for NVG such as neovascularization. Since the data about NVG as a complication of vitrectomy are scarce, and due to the increase in cases, the purpose of this observational-analytical-cross-sectional-retrospective study was to identify its frequency in an Ecuadorian-population, and to determine the association between this variables. The clinical history was used as collection tool, 64 patients were included, the variables were: age-sex-type of Diabetes Mellitus-clinical manifestations of PDR-affected eye/s-management with vitrectomy-development of NVG; and Chi-squared test was used for the analysis. It was found that there’s a statistically-significant relationship between vitrectomy and the development of NVG (p<0.001); In addition, its frequency (53.17%) was higher than previous reports. Additional studies are required to determine if additional variables influence the determined relationship.