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Optic nerve compression as a late complication of a hydrogel explant with silicone encircling band
Niels Crama1, Leo Kluijtmans2, B Jeroen Klevering1
1Department of Ophthalmology, Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, Philips van Leydenlaan 15, 6525 EX Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Purpose:
To present a complication of compressive optic neuropathy caused by a swollen hydrogel explant and posteriorly displaced silicone encircling band.
Observations:
A 72-year-old female patient presented with progressive visual loss and a tilted optic disc. Her medical history included a retinal detachment in 1993 that was treated with a hydrogel explant under a solid silicone encircling band. Visual acuity had decreased from 6/10 to 6/20 and perimetry showed a scotoma in the temporal superior quadrant. On Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), compression of the optic nerve by a displaced silicone encircling band inferior nasally in combination with a swollen episcleral hydrogel explant was observed. Surgical removal of the hydrogel explant and silicone encircling band was uneventful and resulted in improvement of visual acuity and visual field loss.
Conclusions And Importance:
This is the first report on compressive optic neuropathy caused by swelling of a hydrogel explant resulting in a dislocated silicone encircling band. The loss of visual function resolved upon removal of the explant and encircling band.
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