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Macular hole-induced retinal detachment: treatment with an "armed-silicone" implant
Ophthalmic Surgery
|December 1, 1986
Abstract:
Thirty-two cases of retinal detachment with macular hole have been treated by applying an explant made of a stainless steel sheet embedded in silicone. The results obtained were very encouraging, and the technique is recommended especially when a vitrectomy cannot be performed.