Electroconvulsive therapy after eye surgery

Pascal A Sienaert1, Carolien Vanholst

  • 1Department of Mood Disorders, University Psychiatric Center-Catholic University Leuven, Kortenberg, Belgium. pascal.sienaert@uc-kortenberg.be

The Journal of ECT
|January 11, 2013
PubMed
Summary

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is safe after cataract surgery. Intraocular pressure (IOP) temporarily increases during ECT but poses no complications for patients who have recently undergone eye surgery.