Surgical technique for managing rhegmatogenous retinal detachment following prosthokeratoplasty.
The authors report the successful repair of a retinal detachment following Cardona prosthokeratoplasty. The surgical technique included pars plana vitrectomy, endolaser photocoagulation, peripheral cryopexy, scleral buckling, and the use of a liquid perfluorocarbon derivative, perfluorophenanthrene, to achieve and maintain reattachment. Perfluorophenanthrene was removed 3 weeks postoperatively. Postoperative visual acuity stabilized at functional levels. No ocular complications, adverse reactions, or redetachment were observed.
Paris
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LSU Eye Center, Louisiana State University Medical Center, School of Medicine, New Orleans 70112.
Peyman
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GA
Blinder
K J
KJ
Alturki
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Dailey
J P
JP
Barron
B A
BA
D000293:Adolescent; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D005260:Female; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000601:surgery; D008028:Light Coagulation / Q000379:methods; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000379:methods*
D005466:Fluorocarbons; C047722:perfluorophenanthrene