Controlled encircling procedure for retinal detachment.

Controlled encircling procedure for retinal detachment.

The encircling operation for the treatment of retinal detachment is a well established surgical method (Schepens, Okamura, Brockhurst, and Regan, 1960; Regan, Schepens, Okamura, Brockhusrt, and McMeel, I962; Girard and McPherson, I962; Schepens, I964; Brockhurst, I965; Schepens, I968). However, complications do occur and a number of these are related to the tightness of the encircling band. Whe...

Retinal detachment treated with encircling silastic sponge. Further experience.

This technique, which has already been described in detail (Chawla, 1970), was used on two aphakic eyes which had already undergone unsuccessful surgery for retinal detachment and had shown early signs of preretinal retraction. Briefly, a 7 mm. silastic sponge is halved lengthwise to produce a broad shallow implant. Monitored cryopexy is applied to the retinal tears and any suspect areas. Subre...

Effects of the encircling procedure on the aqueous flow rate in retinal detachment eyes: a fluorometric study.

Fluorophotometry was carried out in nine cases of unilateral non-traumatic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment successfully treated by a combination of local buckling and an encircling procedure with a silicone band. After topical instillation of fluorescein the change in its concentration in the anterior chamber was followed, from which the loss rate of the dye from the anterior chamber (k0) and...

Encircling silicone rod without drainage for retinal detachment with giant breaks.

Re: Yu et al.: Releasable encircling band for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (Ophthalmology 2014;121:2504-5).