Tim J Patterson, Adam Kedzierski, David McKinney, Jonathan Ritson, Chris McLean, Weidong Gu, Marcus Colyer, Scott F McClellan, Sarah C Miller, Grant A Justin, Annette K Hoskin, Kara Cavuoto, James Leong, Andrés Rousselot Ascarza, Fasika A Woreta, Kyle E Miller, Matthew C Caldwell, William G Gensheimer, Tom Williamson, Felipe Dhawahir-Scala, Peter Shah, Andrew Coombes, Gangadhara Sundar, Robert A Mazzoli, Malcolm Woodcock, Stephanie L Watson, Ferenc Kuhn, Sophia Halliday, Renata S M Gomes, Rupesh Agrawal, Richard J Blanch
TOPIC: Sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) is a sight threatening granulomatous panuveitis caused by a sensitizing event. The use of primary enucleation or primary evisceration, versus primary repair, as a risk management strategy following OGI remains controversial. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This systematic review was conducted to report the incidence of SO after primary repair compared to after primary enucleation or primary evisceration. This enabled the reporting of an estimated number needed to treat (NNT)...
December 10, 2023: Ophthalmology