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European journal of ophthalmology · 2d
Case-controlEuropean journal of ophthalmology · 2026

General anesthesia significantly decreases arterial retrobulbar blood flow velocity in glaucoma patients.

Joana Pargana, Koen Willekens, Karel Van Keer … Luís Abegão Pinto
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General anesthesia induction is associated with reduced retrobulbar blood flow velocity in glaucoma patients

General anesthesia significantly decreases arterial retrobulbar blood flow velocity in glaucoma patients.

Joana Pargana … Luís Abegão Pinto
European journal of ophthalmology · 2026
Purpose

To investigate the influence of general anesthesia (general anesthesia)-induced systemic hypotension on retrobulbar blood flow and pressure flow-coupling in glaucomatous versus non-glaucomatous eyes.

Methods

Prospective single-center case-control study including glaucoma and non-glaucomatous patients scheduled for ocular surgery under general anesthesia.

n = 37 controls
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Results
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cm/s
eye blood flow speed dropped after anesthesia in glaucoma patients, unlike controls
n = 37 controls
More results

General anesthesia induction caused comparable reductions in systolic blood pressure in both groups ( p < 0.001).

MFV remained stable in controls but decreased significantly in glaucoma patients.

A significant group × time × MAP interaction ( p = 0.009) revealed altered pressure-flow coupling in glaucoma patients.

More results

No differences were observed between primary and secondary glaucoma.

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Conclusion · 1 of 2

Glaucomatous eyes demonstrated impaired autoregulatory responses to general anesthesia-induced hypotension, suggesting increased vulnerability to perfusion stress during general anesthesia.

Conclusion · 2 of 2

Clinical trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01840215.

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