[Vitreous surgery for intraocular proliferative disorders].
Before the advent of vitreous surgery, many intraocular proliferative disorders were incurable. The present paper reviews the pathogenesis, classification and vitreous surgery treatment of these diseases. Intraocular proliferative disorders are classified into two categories: vascular and non-vascular, also their indications for vitreous surgery are reviewed. General surgical techniques for intraocular proliferative disorders are discussed, as are specific surgical techniques for "vascular" proliferative diabetic retinopathy and "non-vascular" proliferative vitreoretinopathy, and current assessments of the usefulness of vitreous surgery. Vitreous surgery for intraocular proliferative disorders requires extensive high-technological equipment for the integration of various surgical techniques such as lensectomy, vitrectomy, membrane dissection, intraoperative retinal reattachment, closure of retinal breaks, panretinal endo-photocoagulation, scleral buckling, intraocular tamponade and so forth. Vitreous surgery for intraocular proliferative disorders is beneficial only when these procedures are appropriately performed.
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Eye Clinic, Osaka National Hospital, Japan.
D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000601:surgery; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery*