Marsden, J. (2004) Implications of and treatment options for retinal detachment. Nursing Times; 100: 37, 44–47. The retina is a complex structure that turns light falling onto it via a chemical reaction into nerve impulses, which then travel to the brain for interpretation into images. If the retina is damaged or moved from its correct location, a person’s ability to interpret the world is comp...

Accurate characterization of a retinal detachment as traumatic is often difficult, but is important because it may instigate a careful search for occult coexistent traumatic pathology, affect the prognosis and the treatment of both eyes, influence insurance coverage benefits and medical-legal determinations, and is essential for epidemiologic studies. We review the epidemiology and pathophysiol...

We report a patient with progression to a macula-off tractional retinal detachment in a fellow eye after a contralateral intraoperative intravitreal bevacizumab injection. A 32-year-old diabetic man noted decreased vision in his left eye 1 week following 25 gauge pars plana vitrectomy, gas tamponade, and intraoperative injection of bevacizumab in his right eye. Left eye visual acuity decreased ...

A 62-year-old Asian male with a past medical history significant for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and prior surgical correction of a retinal detachment of the right eye presented to the emergency department (ED) for further evaluation of an abnormal examination by his optometrist. The patient denied any acute visual changes. On examination, corrected visual acuities measured 20/40 in the le...

AIM To evaluate surgery results and establish prognostic factors that predicted final functional (good or poor vision) and anatomic (final retinal detachment) outcome in open eye injury involving the posterior segment managed with pars plana vitrectomy. METHODS Medical records of 52 consecutive patients with open eye injury involving the posterior segment were retrospectively reviewed. Specif...

m: Silicone/fluomsilicone copolymer oii (SiFO) is a polysiloxane derivative potentially us&d as mtraoperative tool and long term retinal tatnponade agent. SiFO is characterized by higher-than-water density and low viscosity; its intraocular tolerance in rabbits up to two months is siroilra to that of silicone oil. &j&t&. SiFO was used in 9 eyes with complicated retinal detachment. Five patients...

m: Silicone/fluomsilicone copolymer oii (SiFO) is a polysiloxane derivative potentially us&d as mtraoperative tool and long term retinal tatnponade agent. SiFO is characterized by higher-than-water density and low viscosity; its intraocular tolerance in rabbits up to two months is siroilra to that of silicone oil. &j&t&. SiFO was used in 9 eyes with complicated retinal detachment. Five patients...

A young patient who showed rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with preoperatively undetected retinal break was successfully treated by scleral buckling using a noncontact wide-angle viewing system.

PURPOSE To investigate a method for preventing retinal slippage after standard vitrectomy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. METHODS Eighty six eyes with bullous rhegmatogenous retinal detachment underwent successful standard vitrectomy. Patients were divided into 2 groups. In Group 1, 44 patients started face-down positioning at approximately 10 minutes after the end of the surgery. In G...