[Spontaneous regression of exudative retinal detachment after cryotherapy and scleral buckling (author's transl)]

A report on four cases of exudative retinal detachment following scleral buckling with cryotherapy. In two cases subretinal fluid began to reaccumulate 24 hours after operation and in two cases after 48 hours. Cryotherapy is assumed to be the main factor causing this exudative response. In all four cases the fluid resorbed within 11 days to five weeks without further surgical intervention.