[Use of quantum hemotherapy in the combined treatment of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment]

Results of treatment of 53 patients with detachment of the retina of various severity, with detachment on aphakic eyes of 6 of these, are analyzed. Various method of depressing the sclera with diathermo-, cryo-, or laser coagulation were used. Injection of sterile air into the anterior chamber directly before depressing the sclera was for the first time added to the complex of manipulations for the treatment of detachment of the retina in aphakic eyes; this measure helped attain a better contact of the detached retina with the underlying membranes. Ultraviolet irradiation of the blood after standard methods was used in 25 patients in the postoperative period. Complete adhesion of the retina was achieved in 46 patients (86 eyes), this number including all the patients with detachment of the retina on aphakic eyes. Ultraviolet irradiation of the blood was conductive to a sooner resolution of edema and of uveal and immunological symptoms, and improved the treatment efficacy in general.