Retinal detachment surgery. Buckling procedures and drainage of subretinal fluid.
The encircling procedure, while still an important part of succesful retinal detachment surgery, has been found to be unnecessary in a wide variety of retinal detachments which can be more simply treated by local buckles. A much more important aspect of the detachment procedure, however, is the avoidance where possible of drainage of subretinal fluid.
D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery*; D012591:Scleral Buckling / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*