Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine (Jan 2021)

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
https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5582760
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2021

Abstract

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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.