Experimental transvitreal cyanoacrylate retinopexy.
We used an experimental rabbit model of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment to compare the onset, quality, and duration of chorioretinal adhesions obtained by transvitreal application of N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate mixed with iophendylate with those obtained by transscleral retinal cryopexy. The chorioretinal adhesions produced by the cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive were immediate in onset, stronger, and long lasting.
D000818:Animals; D003452:Cryosurgery; D003487:Cyanoacrylates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D011817:Rabbits; D012160:Retina / Q000601:surgery*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery*; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D014014:Tissue Adhesives / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000601:surgery*
D003487:Cyanoacrylates; D014014:Tissue Adhesives