Intravitreal air in aphakic retinal detachment.
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Intravitreal air in aphakic retinal detachment.
The use ofintravitreal air, first mentioned by Arruga (I 936), is not popular in the treatment ofaphakic retinal detachments for two basic reasons: (I) The air may move the iris diaphragm forwards-causing an angle-block glaucoma. (2) The air itselfmay escape into the anterior chamber and remain there. The injection of air in cases of phakic retinal detachment is well known (Rosengren, I938), bu...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1973
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.57.1.58