title: [10 years' experience with balloon procedures: skepticism at the beginning, further development of the method, practical references for the balloon technician].
abstract: The author discusses four fundamental aspects of the balloon procedure in which it contradicts conventional detachment surgery, but which are preconditions for accepting this procedure: (1) the balloon is unsecured by sutures, (2) disappearance of subretinal fluid is induced by a balloon being compressed in the parabulbar space, (3) the balloon implies a temporary tamponade of the break and (4) after the first week the break is secured only by thermally induced adhesions. New instruments for the balloon procedure are introduced: the balloon forceps, the Kombideller (a special indentor), and the Lincoff-Kreissig balloon, which is supplemented by a removable stylette and markings on the catheter. The guidelines for the balloon surgeon are described in detail and summarized in six rules.
authors.affiliation: Abt. Augenheilkunde III, Universitäts-Augenklinik Tübingen.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kreissig
mesh_terms: D021721:Balloon Occlusion; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000628:therapy*; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000628:therapy; D012591:Scleral Buckling / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014945:Wound Healing
vernacular_title: Zehn Jahre Erfahrungen mit der Ballon-Operation: Anfängliche Skepsis, Weiterentwicklung der Methode, praktische Hinweise für den Ballon-Operateur.