Table 2.

Surgical details of 20 patients developing anterior ischemic optic neuropathy at any time after cataract surgery from 1990 through 2016

Patient	Time interval to AION	Surgery	Year of Surgery	Anesthesia	Complications	Intraocular lens	Fellow eye NAION
1	1m 7d	Phaco	2009	RB	None	PCIOL	No
2	1m 12d	Phaco	1997	RB	None	PCIOL	No
3	3m 14d	Phaco	2011	RB	Persistent inflammation POD7	PCIOL	No
4	4m 9d	Phaco	2013	PB	None	PCIOL	No
5	4m 22d	Phaco	2008	RB	None	PCIOL	No
6	5m 10d	Phaco	2000	RB	None	PCIOL	No
7	6m 2d	Phaco	2012	RB	None	PCIOL	No
8	6m 22d	Phaco	1995	PB	IOP of 24 on POD1	PCIOL	Yes, sAION 15 y prior*
9	11m 22d	Phaco	2001	PB	None	PCIOL	No
10	1y 1m 21d	Phaco	1998	RB + VL	None	PCIOL	No
11	2y 1m 14d	Phaco	1999	?	None	PCIOL	No
12	2y 6m 4d	Phaco	2012	RB	None	PCIOL	No
13	3y 6m 27d	Phaco	2010	?	None	PCIOL	No
14	4y 0m 20d	Phaco	1998	RB + VL	None	PCIOL	No
15	7y 7m 12d	Phaco	2008	RB or PB	None	PCIOL	No
16	8y 2m 21d	ECCE	1982	RB	None	PCIOL	No
17	8y 3m 9d	Phaco	2001	RB	None	PCIOL	No
18	9y 1m 11d	Phaco	1997	RB	None	PCIOL	No
19	10y 4m 30d	Phaco	2005	PB	None	PCIOL	No
20	12y 4m 28d	ECCE	1982	?	?	PCIOL	No

Abbreviations: AION- anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, d-day/s, ECCE-extracapsular cataract extraction, GA-general anesthesia, m-month/s, NAION- non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, PB-peribulbar, pcsAION- post-cataract surgery anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, PCIOL- posterior chamber intraocular lens, Phaco-phacoemulsification, POD- post-operative day, q1hr- every one hour, RB-retrobulbar, VL-van Lindt facial nerve block, y-year/s

Shaded area- pcsAION cohort used in incidence calculation

^*in relation to study eye AION event