PRIMARY VITRECTOMY FOR COMBINED RHEGMATOGENOUS RETINAL DETACHMENT AND CHOROIDAL DETACHMENT WITH OR WITHOUT ORAL CORTICOSTEROIDS: A PILOT STUDY

Retina ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
TARUN SHARMA ◽  
LINGAM GOPAL ◽  
RAJEEV K. REDDY ◽  
N KASINATHAN ◽  
NITANT A. SHAH ◽  
...  
1996 ◽  
Vol 234 (9) ◽  
pp. 561-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heinrich Heimann ◽  
Norbert Bornfeld ◽  
Wilko Friedrichs ◽  
Horst Helbig ◽  
Ulrich Kellner ◽  
...  

Supplemental scleral buckling techniques in vitrectomy for the repair of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment to achieve higher reattachment rates are not widely used but may be useful especially in complicated cases. In this article, the positive and negative aspects of adding scleral buckle to primary vitrectomy will be examined by looking at relevant studies.


Retinal detachment is one of the most important causes of visual loss. Scleral buckling, pneumatic retinopexy, or primary vitrectomy techniques are the state of art treatment approaches for retinal detachment. Novel improvements in instruments and techniques of vitreoretinal surgery have led primary vitrectomy to be more preferable for retinal detachment surgery. Performing primary vitrectomy in selected patients, considering the advantages and disadvantages has a significant impact in terms of prognosis.


2015 ◽  
Vol 94 (4) ◽  
pp. 391-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lijun Shen ◽  
Jianbo Mao ◽  
Shumao Sun ◽  
Yugui Dong ◽  
Yiqi Chen ◽  
...  

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