title: Severe perforating injuries treated with pars plana vitrectomy.
abstract: Forty-one patients underwent vitrectomy through the pars plana for sequelae of severe penetrating injuries. Almost all were inoperable by conventional techniques. After a minimum follow-up time of six months, 13 eyes (32%) had visual improvement and six (15%) were technical successes. The main cause for failure was intravitreal proliferation of fibrous tissue.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery*