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[Polytetrafluoroethylene in scleral buckling surgery]
Roldán Pallarés M1, Awad-El Susi S
1Departamento de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario San Carlos, UCM, Madrid, España.
Purpose:
To evaluate the tolerance of PTFEe (second generation) for scleral buckling (SB) surgery of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD).
Methods:
We have used a new material: wide porous expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFEe) for SB of 32 cases with rhegmatogenous RD of extention
Results:
We have not found any complications such as migration, infection, erosion, extrusion, intrusion, etc, with this material used as SB in 32 cases with rhegmatogenous RD. It demonstrated excellent tolerance and biocompatibility over all follow-up period (average 14 months, maximum 26 months).
Conclusions:
The first results of this series are very encouraging. With short-term follow-up (maximun 26 months) the tolerance has been better than with other SB biomaterials. Long follow-up will detect other possible side effects.