Background: The purpose of this study was to describe anatomical and visual outcomes after scleral buckling, pars plana vitrectomy, the use silicone oil as a tamponade in management retinal detachment associated with giant tears (GRT). Material methods: A retrospective descriptive chart review conducted for cases an initial presentation rhegmatogenous detachments GRT. Patients underwent surgica...

Purpose To report two patients with giant retinal tear (GRT) associated retinal detachment in the setting of baseball trauma. Observations Two patients presented with retinal detachment associated with GRT following blunt trauma with a baseball. The first was a superotemporal GRT detachment treated with scleral buckling, pars plana vitrectomy, endolaser, and silicone oil injection. He subsequ...

We report a patient with cognitive disorder who had a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). A 17-year-old Japanese man presented with a RRD with a vitreous hemorrhage in his right eye. An unusual vertical splitting of the macula accompanied by a giant retinal tear was observed intraoperatively. The retina was successfully reattached by pars plana vitrectomy with silicone oil tamponade and sc...

Purpose To report a case of a giant retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) tear associated with fluid overload in a patient with diabetic macular edema (DME) and kidney disease. Observations A 60-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus and end-stage diabetic kidney disease who had gained weight because of fluid overload complained of a visual disturbance in the left eye that had started a few da...

Background/aims—Fellow eye prophylaxis for retinal detachment (RD) is still a controversial issue since opinions are not unanimous regarding the kind of lesions to be treated or the method of treatment. This prospective clinical study aimed to follow the course of vitreoretinal conditions in 150 high risk fellow eyes. Methods—150 consecutive patients with unilateral rhegmatogenous RD were inclu...