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

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

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...

Long-term follow-up of vitrectomy, with or without 360° encircling buckle, for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment due to inferior retinal breaks

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to report and compare the anatomic and functional results of primary vitrectomy with and without 360° encircling scleral buckle (SB) for the treatment of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) due to inferior retinal break(s). BACKGROUND A variety of options, including SB, pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with or without SB, and pneumatic retinopexy have been d...

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...

propensity score analysis for comparing primary vitrectomy with and without encircling band in pseudophakic / aphakic retinal detachment

*corresponding author: [email protected] purpose: to compare the visual and anatomical outcomes and complications of two surgical methods in patients with pseudophakic / aphakic retinal detachment (pard) using propensity score analysis. methods: in this study, the propensity score matching was used as a new approach to control confounding factors. propensity score was calculated using the...