PURPOSE To assess the postoperative macular reattachment through OCT3 in eyes treated with episcleral surgery due to macula-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, as well as to verify if there is a statistically relevant relation between the persistence of a subfoveal detachment and poor postoperative functional recovery. METHODS Twelve eyes of 12 patients who underwent episcleral surgery due...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the surgical outcome for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD) associated with Behçet's disease (BD). METHODS The current retrospective study included all patients operated for rhegmatogenous RD associated with BD in our institution from June 2007 to June 2012. Surgical repair was done either by scleral buckling (SB) or pars plana vi...

In Western Australia during the period 1 January 1976 to 31 December 1987 1089 eyes of 1044 patients in hospital were operated upon for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment due to causes other than penetrating trauma. Of these eyes 295 (27%) were aphakic or pseudophakic. During this period the annual number of cataract operations in the State increased by a factor of 245%, while aphakic an...

purpose: to compare the anatomical results of scleral buckling surgery with and without retinopexy in the management of phakic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (rd). methods: in this retrospective, nonrandomized, interventional, comparative case series, data of 71 phakic eyes of 71 patients with rhegmatogenous rd that had undergone scleral buckling were evaluated. the procedure in 41 consecuti...

AIM Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) is a common and sight-threatening condition. The reported incidence of RRD has varied considerably in published literature and few studies have examined the temporal trends in incidence rate over a long time period. Our aim is to examine the time trends of primary RRD in Scotland. METHODS We obtained linked hospital episode statistics data for all p...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the surgical outcome for patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and to find out the factors influencing the anatomic reattachment and visual results. MATERIAL AND METHOD Retrospective review of the medical records of patients for the following details: age, sex, time to diagnosis, time to surgery, phakic status, types, numbers and locations of the retinal break...

reoretinopathy: results of surgical management. Ophthalmology. 1998;105:1015-1023. 2. Shaikh S, Trese MT. Retinal reattachment facilitated by short-term perfluorocarbon liquid tamponade in a case of fever and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Retina. 2002;22:674-676. 3. Shubert A, Tasman W. Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy: surgical intervention and visual acuity outcomes. Graefes Arch Cli...

Macrophages have long been known to play a major role in the pathogenesis of proliferative vitreoretinal disorders. Using the monoclonal antibodies EBM11 (pan macrophage), 27E10 (early inflammatory stage marker), and RM3/1 (healing phase marker), different subpopulations of macrophages were differentiated in surgically removed membranes from patients with macular pucker (n = 6), proliferative v...

OBJECTIVE To study the outcome of conventional scleral buckling procedures performed for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. METHODS This prospective study was conducted at Khyber Institute of Ophthalmic Medical Sciences, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, Pakistan from 02-08-2008 to 29-04-2009. The outcome of fifty-six consecutive cases, operated in nine months duration, for primary...

SEPTEMBER 2010 I RETINA TODAY I 71 C onventional vitreoretinal surgery uses three pars plana sclerotomies.1 During the procedure vitreous gel is removed and the intraocular volume is replaced for balanced salt solution perfusion.2 Perfluorocarbon liquids consist of a hydrocarbon molecule in which hydrogen atoms are replaced by fluorine atoms. Since 1987, Chang et al3 have recommended the use of...