[Use of photocoagulation during surgery for retinal detachment]

On the basis of a 10-years clinical material comprising 95 eyes operated for retinal detachment in the Department of Ophthalmology in Krakow the authors evaluated the usefulness of xenon and laser coagulation as a method complementing the blockade of the retinal holes. It had been used in 18 p.c. of all operated eyes attaining in this group of cases the re-apposition of the retina in 61 p.c. The efficacy of the coagulation depended on the adherence of the retina and showed itself as formation during the surgery of visible foci and the development of a distinct, pigmented scar. There were no complications connected with photocoagulation as well the xenon as the laser one; all this encourages to employ both these methods.