Assessment of Patients Whose Pars Plana Vitrectomy Operations Were Postponed in the Operating Room: Retrospective Study

Abstract

Objective: To determine the reasons related to the can- cellation of the surgeries of the patients who were taken to the operating table for pars plana vitrectomy and the precautions needed to be taken to prevent them. Material and Methods: Twenty-five patients who were planned to be operated on for different retinal diseases between January 2018 and June 2019, but whose surgeries were canceled due to medical reasons, were included in this study. Demographic data of the pat ients and indications of surgery and causes of operation cancellation were an- alyzed. Results: 11 (44%) of the pat ients were female and 14 (56%) were male, and 15 (60.2%) of them needed to have a vitreoretinal surgery in the right eye while the other 10 (39.8%) in the left eye. Surgical indi- cations were diabetic intravitreal hemorrhage in 8 (32%) cases, ret inal detachment in 7 (28%) cases, cataract, and ep iretinal membrane in 5 (20%) cases, intraocular lens d islocation in 4 (16%) eyes and 1 (4%) case with retinal detachment and prephyt isis. 16 (64%) of the pat ients had hypertension (HT), 11 (44%) of the pat ients had diabetes mellitus, 7 (28%) of the patients had coronary heart disease (CHD), 2 (8%) of the patients had obesity, 2 (8%) of the patients had a chronic renal failure and 1 (4%) of the patients had epilepsy. The most common medical reason for cancellation of the surgery was HT and CHD (64%). Conclusion: Careful assessment of the reasons for cancellat ion will lessen time loss and financial losses for both the patient and the healthcare system.