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Intraocular hemorrhage associated with dental implant surgery
K Krepler1, A Wedrich, R Schranz
1University Clinic of Ophthalmology, Vienna General Hospital, Austria.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|November 1, 1996
Abstract
Purpose:
To report a complication of dental implant surgery.
Method:
We examined a 44-year-old man with systemic hypertension who reported sudden loss of the central visual field in one eye that occurred during maxillar dental implant surgery.
Results:
Subretinal, intraretinal, and intravitreal hemorrhages in the right eye were present on initial examination. Intraocular hemorrhage may have been caused by a Valsalva maneuver in combination with a rise of systemic blood pressure during treatment.
Conclusion:
Intraocular hemorrhages may occur as a complication of dental implant surgery.