PURPOSE To assess the outcome of scleral buckling surgery using a noncontact wide-angle viewing system for fundus visualization in patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. METHODS Twenty-eight eyes of 28 patients underwent a modified scleral buckling surgery using a noncontact wide-angle viewing system combined with a 27-gauge optic fiber inserted into the sclera at the pars plana thr...

AIM To evaluate whether an achromatic interferometer, the Lotmar visometer, is useful in predicting postoperative visual outcome in patients with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD) involving the macula. METHODS This prospective study included 40 eyes of 40 non-consecutive patients with macula-off RD. The eyes were phakic or pseudophakic, had a clear optical media, and had a measur...

PURPOSE To compare the effect on spatial localization of two different forms of surgery for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. METHODS Two groups of 30 patients (one group undergoing conventional external scleral-buckling procedures, the other undergoing vitrectomy procedures) were recruited. They pointed at targets appearing on a computer touchscreen without being able to see their h...

To our knowledge, there are no reports of Aeromonas hydrophila infection after a scleral buckling procedure. Also, migration of a silicone explant element through the rectus muscles is extremely rare. Herein, we describe a case experiencing extrusion of a solid silicone tire migrating through the superior rectus muscle with Aeromonas hydrophila infection following a scleral buckling procedure. ...

PURPOSE To compare the results of narrow encircling band surgery with standard encircling scleral buckling for retinal detachments (RDs) with intrabasal or unseen breaks. METHODS In a retrospective study, eyes with intrabasal or unseen breaks underwent narrow band implantation (group N) or standard encircling buckling plus wide tire placement (group W) and were followed for at least one year....

purpose : our purpose is to determine the structural outcome of 25-gauge vitrectomy in addition to scleral buckling in stage 5 retinopathy of prematurity (rop). methods : in a prospective interventional case series, 21 eyes with stage 5 rop underwent 25-gauge vitrectomy and scleral buckling. demographic data, disease activity (having plus disease or neovascularization) and the procedure manner ...

PURPOSE To evaluate retrospectively clinical features and surgical outcomes of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in juvenile patients. METHODS Between 1991 and 1996, 28 patients younger than 15 years of age with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (32 eyes) underwent the first surgical procedure, scleral buckling and/or pars plana vitrectomy, at our hospital. RESULTS The major types of juveni...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To investigate the optimal technique for repairing recurrent rhegmatogenous retinal detachments. PATIENTS AND METHODS A 2-year retrospective review of recurrent rhegmatogenous retinal detachments by 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) or combined 23-gauge PPV with encircling scleral buckling was performed. The primary outcome was anatomical success. The secondary out...

PURPOSE To compare the surgical results of vitrectomy with and without scleral buckling for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD). METHODS Fifty-one patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) at different stages were submitted to pars plana vitrectomy as the primary surgery, 23 patients (45.09%) with scleral buckle (group I) and 28 (54.90%) wit...

Drying of the cornea during surgery, which causes poor visibility of the fundus, is one of the most serious problems when using a noncontact-type wide-angle viewing system. This study used a newly commercialized lens for observing the fundus with a noncontact wide-angle viewing system. The lens used has a very thin meniscus made of polymethyl methacrylate and a large outer diameter. Following t...