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Iridex became aware of an adverse event from literature review.A study was conducted to compare the safety and efficacy of micropulse cyclophotocoagulation (mp-cpc) and transscleral continuous wave cyclophotocoagulation (cw-cpc) for the treatment of refractory glaucoma.The article discusses one case of hypotony that developed into phthisis bulbi following cw-cpc treatment.No additional patient information is available.The final conlusion of the article noted that both mp-cpc and cw-cpc provide a safe and effective treatment method for in lowering the iop in patients with refractory glaucoma.A review of complaint history was completed.Based on the results of this review, this event does not appear to be a part of an increasing trend.Because this adverse event was identified through literature review, there were no devices returned for engineering failure analysis.A definitive root cause for the event could not be determined.Literature reference: micropulse cyclophotocoagulation: a multicenter study of efficacy, safety, and factors associated with increased risk of complications - pubmed." pubmed, https://pubmed.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/32852377/.
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