[Histopathological studies of eyes removed after surgical treatment of retinal detachment]

Among the examined eyes a cerclage was done in 13, in 5 an additional invagination, in 4 a posterior vitrectomy (2 eyes with membrane excision, 1 with injection of the SF6 gas and 1 with an injection of silicone). In 7 eyes the enucleation was caused by the atrophy of the eye ball, in 5 by absolute glaucoma and in 1 by suspected sympathetic ophthalmia. The most characteristic pathological changes were: inflammatory granuloma as a reaction for silicone band (4 eyes), scleral atrophy in the area of invagination (10 eyes), choroidal atrophy (12 eyes), proliferation of the pigment epithelium (10 eyes) and atrophy, fibrosis and proliferation of the glia in the retina.