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Introduction to hypersonic vitrectomy
Kevin J Blinder1, Carl C Awh2, Asheesh Tewari3
1The Retina Institute, St. Louis, Missouri.
Purpose Of Review:
To review the development of hypersonic vitrectomy and present the first case series in the United States.
Recent Findings:
From 27 September 2017 to 4 December 2017, 64 patients underwent hypersonic vitrectomy with 20 patients having conventional 23-ga vitrectomy for comparison. The preoperative diagnoses ranged from vitreous opacities to rhegmatogenous retinal detachments. The results will be presented, as well as a postoperative questionnaire on the utility of hypersonic vitrectomy in a 5-center 71-patient series.
Summary:
With the first major innovation in vitrectomy technology since the early days of pneumatic guillotine cutters, hypersonic vitrectomy has been shown to be an efficient, effective and safe alternative.
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