Primary scleral atrophy and retinal detachment.
In a retrospective study 27 patients with retinal detachment had an advanced primary scleral atrophy, needing treatment with a scleral graft. Among these 27 patients none was younger than 47. There was s good correlation between the location of the atrophic sclera and the retinal tears. Many of these eyes had an oblique astigmatism. Lattice degeneration was found to be rare. A history of retinal detachment was common in the fellow eye. The scleral grafts were well accepted by the eyes.
D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012590:Sclera / Q000473:pathology*