Reconsidering the Postoperative Day 0 Visit for Retina Surgery.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: This study compares outcomes of patients who were examined on postoperative (PO) day 0 and PO day 1 following retina surgery.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: A nonrandomized, comparative, retrospective series of one vitreoretinal surgeon was conducted on 166 patients with a PO day 0 visit (approximately 5 hours following surgery) and 428 patients with a PO day 1 visit.

RESULTS: Among patients examined at PO day 0, 4.6% had hypotony (intraocular pressure [IOP] ≤ 5 mm Hg) and 1.8% needed intervention for elevated IOP (IOP ≥ 30 mm Hg) compared with 1.6% and 4.0% of patients, respectively, examined on PO day 1.

CONCLUSION: Following retina surgery, there is a similar percentage of patients with abnormal IOP when patients are examined on PO day 0 when compared with PO day 1. However, the rate of hypotony was statistically higher on PO day 0, and there was a trend toward more elevated IOP on PO day 1. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2018;49:e52-e56.].