Retinal detachment surgery without cryotherapy.
The traditional role of the cryotherapy adhesion in retinal detachment surgery is challenged by the successful treatment of 26 out of a series of 29 cases. The omission of cryotherapy has not interfered with the absorption of subretinal fluid and re-detachment has not occurred.
D003452:Cryosurgery; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012591:Scleral Buckling / Q000379:methods*; D014822:Vitreous Body