Temporal Approach, Digitally Assisted Phacovitrectomy in a Patient with Severe Kyphosis due to Axial Spondyloarthritis

J Rios-Nequis Geovanni; J Abel Ramírez-Estudillo; L Daniel Gutiérrez-García; Martin Jiménez-Rodríguez; Arthur Levine-Berevichez

doi:10.1155/2021/5582760

Temporal Approach, Digitally Assisted Phacovitrectomy in a Patient with Severe Kyphosis due to Axial Spondyloarthritis

Case Rep Ophthalmol Med. 2021 Nov 8:2021:5582760. doi: 10.1155/2021/5582760. eCollection 2021.

Authors

J Rios-Nequis Geovanni¹, J Abel Ramírez-Estudillo¹, L Daniel Gutiérrez-García¹, Martin Jiménez-Rodríguez¹, Arthur Levine-Berevichez¹

Affiliation

¹ Fundación Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Luz IAP, Mexico.

Abstract

Purpose: To describe a temporal approach, digitally assisted phacovitrectomy in a patient with severe kyphosis due to axial spondyloarthritis. Case Report. A 70-year-old male patient with proliferative diabetic retinopathy with vitreous hemorrhage and cataract and ankylosing spondylitis with severe kyphosis. A temporal approach, digitally assisted 25 G phacovitrectomy was performed with a Constellation platform and the NGENUITY visualization system. The Trendelenburg position was utilized.

Conclusion: A temporal approach, digitally assisted phacovitrectomy may be used in select cases of severe kyphosis with positive outcomes.

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Case Reports