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Outcomes of Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Repair With Adjunctive Mitomycin C.

Abdulla Shaheen¹, Sumit P Bhatia²

¹Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Journal of Vitreoretinal Diseases

|May 25, 2026

Summary

Intraoperative mitomycin C (MMC) shows promising results for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) repair, with no observed toxicity and improved vision. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings.

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