Cyclodestruction reduces intraocular pressure (IOP) of the eye by decreasing production of aqueous humor by the destruction of ciliary body.
Until the development of safer and less destructive techniques like micropulse diode cyclophotocoagulation and endocyclophotocoagulation, cyclodestructive surgeries were mainly done in refractory glaucoma, or advanced glaucomatous eyes with poor visual prognosis.
[9] Inflammation, retinal detachment, hypotony, phthisis bulbi and sympathetic ophthalmia are some common complications of cyclodestructive procedures.
[4] Since there is risk of inflammation which lead to hypotony and phthisis bulbi, cyclophotocoagulation must be done with extreme caution in uveitic glaucoma.
[2] Fibrin exudates, hyphema, cystoid macular edema and loss of vision are possible complications of ECP.