Vitreous surgery and retinal detachment.
Vitrectomy has proved to be extremely useful in facilitating reattachment of the retina in a variety of complicated detachments. The author's experience has been exclusively with the vitreous infusion suction cutter. Several other, similar, instruments are now available, and they are described in a recent review article on vitreous surgery [8]. The techniques required for successful surgery are not easily mastered, and it is the author's practice to have a trainee assist on about 50 operations before assuming major responsibility for a difficult microdissection.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation; D008875:Middle Aged; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery*