title: Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous: roto-extraction and other surgical experience.
abstract: We discuss nine cases of persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous seen recently, including mode of presentation, management and postsurgical follow-up. Emphasis is placed on early operative intervention in order to preserve the globe, as well as to prevent irremedial stimulus deprivation amblyopia. The advantages of roto-extraction in the surgical approach to this entity are considered, and the difficulties of postoperative visual rehabilitation are also discussed.
mesh_terms: D003261:Contact Lenses; D005124:Eye Abnormalities; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000601:surgery; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*