Ocular blood flow and choroidal thickness changes after carotid artery stenting / Alterações no fluxo sanguíneo ocular e na espessura da coroide após stent de artéria carótida

ABSTRACT Purposes: To evaluate changes in ocular blood flow and subfoveal choroidal thickness in patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis after carotid artery stenting. Methods: We included 15 men (mean age, 63.6 ± 9.1 years) with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis and 18 healthy volunteers (all men; mean age, 63.7 ± 5.3 years). All participants underwent detailed ophthalmologic examinations including choroidal thickness measurement using enhanced depth-imaging optic coherence tomography. The patients also underwent posterior ciliary artery blood flow measurements using color Doppler ultrasonography before and after carotid artery stenting. Results: Patients lacked ocular ischemic symptoms. Their peak systolic and end-diastolic velocities increased to 10.1 ± 13.1 (p=0.005) and 3.9 ± 6.3 (p=0.064) cm/s, respectively, after the procedure. Subfoveal choroidal thicknesses were significantly thinner in patients with carotid artery stenosis than those in the healthy controls (p=0.01). But during the first week post-procedure, the subfoveal choroidal thicknesses increased significantly (p=0.04). The peak systolic velocities of the posterior ciliary arteries increased significantly after carotid artery stenting (p=0.005). We found a significant negative correlation between the mean increase in peak systolic velocity values after treatment and the mean preprocedural subfoveal choroidal thickness in the study group (p=0.025, r=-0.617). Conclusions: In patients with carotid artery stenosis, the subfoveal choroid is thinner than that in healthy controls. The subfoveal choroidal thickness increases after carotid artery stenting. Carotid artery stenting treatment increases the blood flow to the posterior ciliary artery, and the preprocedural subfoveal choroidal thickness may be a good predictor of the postprocedural peak systolic velocity of the posterior ciliary artery.

RESUMO Objetivos: Avaliar alterações no fluxo sanguíneo ocular e na espessura da coroide subfoveal em pacientes com estenose sintomática da artéria carótida, após implante de stent nessa artéria. Métodos: Foram incluídos 15 homens (idade média de 63,6 ± 9,1 anos) com estenose sintomática da artéria carótida e 18 voluntários saudáveis (todos homens; idade média de 63,7 ± 5,3 anos). Todos os participantes foram submetidos a exames oftalmológicos detalhados, incluindo d medição da espessura da coroide, usando tomografia de coerência óptica com imagem de profundidade aprimorada. Os pacientes também foram submetidos a medidas do fluxo sanguíneo das artérias ciliares posteriores, usando ultrassonografia com Doppler colorido, antes e após o implante do stent na artéria carótida. Resultados: Os pacientes não apresentaram sintomas isquêmicos oculares. O pico de velocidade sistólica e diastólica final aumentou para 10,1 ± 13,1 (p=0,005) e 3,9 ± 6,3 (p=0,064) cm/s, respectivamente, após o procedimento. As espessuras da coroide subfoveais foram significativamente mais finas nos pacientes com estenose da artéria carótida do que nos controles saudáveis (p=0,01). Porém, durante a primeira semana pós-procedimento, as espessuras das coroides subfoveais aumentaram significativamente (p=0,04). O pico de velocidade sistólica das artérias ciliares posteriores aumentou significativamente após o stent na artéria carótida (p=0,005). Encontramos uma correlação negativa significativa entre o aumento médio dos valores máximos de velocidade sistólica após o tratamento e a espessura da coroide subfoveal pré-procedimento média no grupo de estudo (p=0,025, r=-0,617). Conclusões: Em pacientes com estenose da artéria carótida, a coroide subfoveal é mais fina que a dos controles saudáveis. A espessura da coroide subfoveal aumenta após o stent na artéria carótida. O tratamento com stent na artéria carótida aumenta o fluxo sanguíneo para a artéria ciliar posterior, e a espessura coroidal subfoveal pré-procedimento pode ser um bom preditor da velocidade sistólica de pico pós-procedimento da artéria ciliar posterior.

Research progress of anterior segment ischemia after extraocular muscle surgery / 国际眼科杂志(Guoji Yanke Zazhi)

@#Anterior segment ischemia(ASI)is a rare but serious complication after extraocular muscle surgery. Due to its complex clinical manifestations, it is easy to be misdiagnosed. If not treated in time, it may lead to blindness such as vision loss. This paper mainly reviews the concept, clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, risk factors, diagnosis and treatments of ASI after extraocular muscle surgery, so as to improve people's understanding of ASI and minimize or avoid the occurrence of ASI in clinical work.

Clinical Manifestations and Visual Prognosis of Cilioretinal Artery Sparing Central Retinal Artery Occlusion

Analysis of clinical features of ophthalmic and cerebral artery occlusion after facial cosmetic injection / 中华眼底病杂志

Objective To observe the clinical characteristics of ophthalmic and cerebral artery occlusion after facial cosmetic injection.Methods A retrospective case study. Twenty patients (20 eyes) with ophthalmic and cerebral artery occlusion in Department of Ophtalmology, The Fourth Hospital of Xi'an from February 2014 to December 2016 were enrolled in this study. There were 2 males (2 eyes) and 18 females (18 eyes). They aged from 21 to 41 years, with the mean age of 29.8±1.4 years. The disease courses was ranged from 3.5 hours to 21 days, with the mean of 40 hours. Facial cosmetic injections of all patients were performed at out-of-hospital beauty institutions. The visual impairment was associated with eyelid pain 1 to 10 minutes after injection.There were 12 right eyes and 8 left eyes.The injection materials, 18 patients were hyaluronic acid and 2 patients were autologous fat, respectively. At the injection site, 13 patients were sacral, 4 patients were nasal, and 3 patients were frontal. The concentration and dose of the injected filler were not known. All patients underwent vision, slit lamp microscope, fundus color photography, visual field, FFA, OCT, and brain CT, magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) examination.Results The visual acuity was ranged from no light perception to 1.0. Among the 20 eyes, 3 eyes (15％) were obstructed by simple ophthalmic artery; 5 eyes (25％) were obstructed by ophthalmic artery combined with cerebral artery; 7 eyes (35％) were obstructed by simple retinal artery occlusion (RAO) alone, which including central RAO (CRAO, 4 eyes), hemi-lateral artery obstruction (1 eye) and branch RAO (2 eyes); 1 eye (5％) was CRAO with ciliary artery branch obstruction; 1 eye (5％) was branch artery occlusion with ischemic optic neuropathy; 2 eyes (10％) were CRAO with nasal dorsal artery occlusion; 1 eye (5％) was CRAO, posterior ciliary artery obstruction and right middle cerebral artery occlusion. Among 20 patients, 4 patients (20％) had eye movement disorder and eyelid skin bun; 2 patients (10％) had facial pain and nasal skin ischemic necrosis. MRA revealed 6 patients (30％) of new intracranial ischemic lesions. Among them, 5 patients of hyaluronic acid injection showed asymptomatic small blood vessel embolization; 1 patient of autologous fat injection showed ophthalmary artery occlusion, cerebral artery occlusion, ipsilateral eye blindness, eye movement disorder and contralateral limb hemiplegia.Conclusion Facial cosmetic injection can cause severe iatrogenic complications such as RAO, ciliary artery occlusion, ischemic optic neuropathy, ophthalmic artery occlusion, and cerebral artery occlusion.

Cilioretinal artery branch avulsion secondary to surgical embolectomy: management and outcome. Case report / Avulsão do ramo da artéria ciliorretiniana secundária à embolectomia cirúrgica: manejo e desfecho. Relato de caso

ABSTRACT We report the trans-operative approach and short-term outcome for a patient who suffered a traumatic avulsion of the cilioretinal artery branch during the surgical management of a cilioretinal arterial branch occlusion with intraocular embolectomy. The patient underwent a pars plana vitrectomy with in situ embolectomy. The blocked artery was incised using 25 Ga vertical scissors, and embolus manipulation was performed using microsurgical forceps. During embolus extraction, the occluded cilioretinal artery and its branch were inadvertently avulsed and torn with subsequent intense bleeding. Laser and endodiathermy were used for acute hemostasis. The maneuvers created an unintended retinochoroidal anastomosis. Visual-field improvement was noted three months after the surgery. In the event of a complicated surgical embolectomy with the avulsion of the artery, the formation of a retinochoroidal anastomosis and reperfusion of the occluded artery may occur along with the improvement of the visual field in some cases.

RESUMO Relatamos a abordagem transoperatória e o desfecho em curto prazo de um paciente que sofreu uma avulsão traumática do ramo da artéria ciliorretiniana durante o tratamento cirúrgico de uma oclusão do ramo arterial ciliorretiniano com embolectomia intraocular. O paciente foi submetido a uma vitrectomia pars plana com embolectomia in situ. A artéria bloqueada foi incisada com uma tesoura vertical de 25 Ga e a manipulação do êmbolo foi feita com pinça microcirúrgica. Durante a extração do êmbolo, a artéria ciliorretiniana ocluída e seu ramo foram inadvertidamente avulsionados e rasgados com sangramento intenso subsequente. Laser e endodiatermia foram utilizados para hemostasia aguda. As manobras criaram uma anastomose retinocoroidiana não intencional. Melhora do campo visual foi observada três meses após a cirurgia. No caso de uma embolectomia cirúrgica complicada com a avulsão da artéria, a formação de uma anastomose retinocoroidiana e reperfusão da artéria ocluída pode ocorrer juntamente com a melhora do campo visual em alguns casos.

Correlation between cilioretinal artery and central visual loss in central retinal artery occlusion / 中华眼底病杂志

Objective To observe the cilioretinal artery and its relationship with central visual loss in central retinal artery occlusion(CRAO) patients.Methods A total of 140 CRAO patients (140 eyes) were enrolled in this study.The patients included 83 males and 57 females.The age was ranged from 42 to 75 years old,with an average of (55.70 ± 22.20) years.All the patients were affected unilaterally,including 79 right eyes and 61 left eyes.The disease duration was from 1 to 10 days,with a mean of (4.7±3.9)hours.Central vision and fluorescence fundus angiography were measured for all patients.The central visual loss was divided into 3 types:mild (≥0.1),moderate (finger counting to 0.08) and severe (no light perception to hand movement).The number,length and location of cilioretinal artery were observed.The correlation between cilioretinal artery and central visual loss was analyzed.Results There were 41 eyes (29.3％) with cilioretinal artery,which including 13 eyes (31.7％) with ≥3 cilioretinal arteries,23 eyes (56.1％) with 2 cilioretinal arteries,5 eyes (12.2％) with 1 cilioretinal arteries.The cilioretinal artery was within 1 disk diameter (DD) in length and not reached the macular area in 37 eyes (90.2％),was more than 1DD in length and reached the macular foveal area in 4 eyes (9.8％).The cilioretinal artery located in the temporal side of optic disk in 29 eyes (70.7％),and in other quadrant in 12 eyes (29.3％).The distribution of central visual loss degree as follow:mild in 15 eyes (10.7％),moderate in 50 eyes (35.7％),severe in 75 eyes (53.6％).The difference of central visual loss in the eyes with or without cilioretinal arteries was not significant (x2=0.16,P＞0.05).Conclusions Cilioretinal artery exists in 29.3％ CRAO eyes.There was no close correlation between cilioretinal artery and central visual loss.