Detached Retina Treated by the Arruga String Operation*

Selection of Patients Between November, 1961, and October, 1964, 182 cases of detached retina came to surgery. They were treated as follows: Arruga string operation, 112 cases; silicone rod implant, 33 cases; scieral resection or overlay, 20 cases; diathermy, 17 cases. Other patients were seen in whom operation was either not advised or was refused. Indications for the Arruga string operation were detachment with (a) multiple holes or (b) multiple areas of degeneration, particularly those occurring in myopia or aphakia. The procedure was also used in very extensive detachment or where other methods had failed.