Retinal Detachment Due to an Outer Retinal Tear Following Laser Prophylaxis for Retinoschisis
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Retinal detachment due to an outer retinal tear following laser prophylaxis for retinoschisis.
Report of a Case. A 55-year-old hyperopic man with no significant ocular history was seen in consultation for photopsias of the left eye and was found to have degenerative retinoschisis bilaterally. The patient was asymptomatic in his right eye. Best-corrected visual acuity was 20/20 OU. Anterior segment examination of both eyes revealed trace nuclear sclerosis. In both eyes, the schisis caviti...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Ophthalmology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0003-9950
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.12.1775