Clinical features and visual prognostic indicators after vitrectomy for Terson syndrome.

PURPOSE: To determine clinical characteristics and identify factors associated with better visual outcomes in patients who had vitrectomy for vitreous haemorrhage (VH) associated with Terson syndrome (TS).

METHODS

The records of 48 patients (54 corresponding eyes) who underwent vitrectomy for VH associated with TS from January 2008 to December 2017 were retrospectively reviewed. The main outcome measure was the final postoperative visual acuity.

RESULTS

At the last visit, 34 eyes (63.0%) achieved a BCVA of 0.3 or better. Eyes associated with traumatic brain injury had a better visual outcome than those with primary intracerebral haemorrhage (P = 0.042). In the primary intracerebral haemorrhage group, patients with hypertension-induced intracranial haemorrhage (IH) showed poorer final visual acuities than the ruptured intracranial aneurysm group (P = 0.023). In the delayed vitrectomy group, epiretinal membrane and peripheral retina changes were more common (P < 0.05). However, the difference in final visual acuity between the early and delayed vitrectomy groups was not significant (P = 0.69).

CONCLUSION

Most of the patients obtained visual recovery after vitrectomy for TS. VH associated with ruptured intracranial aneurysm or traumatic brain injury or eyes without retinal haemorrhage are predictive of better prognosis. Although the timing of vitrectomy was not related to the final postoperative visual outcome, early vitrectomy by three months seems to suggest less epiretinal membrane formation, retinal tears, and retinal detachments.