title: [Intraoperatory rupture of the vein in an arteriovenous crossing sheathotomy].
abstract: METHODS
  We present a 43 year-old man with hypertension, diabetes and hypercholesterolemia who suffered an inferior temporal branch retinal vein occlusion in his right eye (visual acuity: counting fingers). An arteriovenous adventitial sheathotomy was made but the vein was perforated during surgery. The eye fundus and his final visual acuity improved (20/40) in spite of the complication.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We comment the published experiences with this surgery and its complications.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Son Dureta, Palma de Mallorca, España. insaoft@hsd.es
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Diéguez Millán
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suñer Capó
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Olea Vallejo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012169:Retinal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012170:Retinal Vein Occlusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous