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Management of inferior retinal breaks during pars plana vitrectomy for retinal detachment
The British Journal of Ophthalmology
|March 27, 2001
Abstract
Aims:
To determine whether it is necessary to support inferior retinal breaks with a scleral explant during pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD).
Methods:
A prospective study was carried out on nine eyes of nine consecutive patients undergoing PPV for primary RD with associated inferior retinal breaks and no significant proliferative vitreoretinopathy.
Results:
Eight eyes were successfully reattached with a single operation. No cases presented with redetachment because of failed closure of the original inferior breaks.
Conclusions:
It is not necessary to support inferior retinal breaks with a scleral explant during PPV for primary RD repair in selected cases.