The surgical activity of the University Eye Clinic in Turin: short- and long-term postoperative complications

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to assess the incidence of short-/long-term surgical complications and to evaluate the actual complication rate according to the pre/postsurgery clinical practice.METHODS: Consecutive patients between 18 and 85 years old that underwent eye surgery between January 1st, 2016 and May 15th, 2018 were enrolled. We collected all the medical records, and we identified the epidemiological data of techniques and therapies applied. We assessed all the surgical complications that occurred within a maximum of 12 months after surgery.RESULTS: Overall, 3112 patients underwent eye surgery within the observational period. The mean incidence of surgical complication was 8.88%. The total percentage of complications was 17.68% for the lacrimal apparatus surgery, 10.29% for blepharoplasty, 26.74% for corneal transplants, 5.08% for cataracts, 17.44% for glaucoma surgery, 19.44% for vitrectomies and 38.2% for scleral buckling. The success rate was for lacrimal apparatus surgery 92.68%, blepharoplasty 89.89%, cornea surgery 88.6%, cataract surgery 98.85%, glaucoma surgery 91.3%, ab-interno retinal surgery 90.91%, ab-externo retinal surgery 79.71%.CONCLUSIONS: The University Eye Clinic in Turin matches the results reported in the Literature. Besides, our results highlight the effectiveness of the clinical practice of our Centre in relation to the implementation of new surgical procedures.