title: Vitrectomy and scleral buckling methods for proliferative vitreoretinopathy.
abstract: The authors operated on 95 eyes with retinal detachment (RD) complicated by proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) using vitrectomy combined with scleral buckling. The retina was successfully reattached in 10 (91%) of 11 eyes with mild PVR (B, C1), 14 (93%) of 15 eyes with moderate PVR (C2-C3), and 52 (75%) of 69 eyes with severe PVR (D1-D3). Thirteen (88%) of 15 eyes in which silicone oil was injected were successfully reattached. Eighty-eight percent of the 76 successfully reattached cases had a postoperative visual acuity of 5/200 or better; the median postoperative visual acuity was 20/200. Severe PVR was the cause of failure in 17 (89%) of 19 eyes in which the retina was not reattached.
authors.affiliation: Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hanneken
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Michels
mesh_terms: D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body