title: An alternative method of gas-fluid exchange through the limbus in giant tears and other complicated retinal detachments.
abstract: An alternative method of gas-fluid exchange through the limbus in patients with giant tears and complicated retinal detachments is presented. The indications for the combined surgery of scleral buckle, vitrectomy, and gas-fluid exchange are suggested. The results of this type of surgery in 5 patients with giatn retinal tears, and in 12 patients with complicated retinal detachments, are reported. Most failures were caused by massive periretinal proliferation.
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008722:Methods; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000295:instrumentation; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery*; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D013459:Sulfur Hexafluoride; D013523:Surgical Equipment; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D013459:Sulfur Hexafluoride