title: Treatment of retinal detachment with giant tear by pneumatic retinopexy.
abstract: Nine eyes suffering from retinal detachment with giant tear were treated successfully by pneumatic retinopexy, followed by conventional buckling procedures and cryopexy. The retina in six of the nine eyes reattached after initial operation, whereas two required additional injection of SF6 gas. The remaining eye, having developed low-grade proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR C1), was treated successfully with vitrectomy. Visual outcome was rather poor immediately after the procedures due to vitreous opacity caused by gas injection. However, all cases showed excellent visual acuity five months after surgery. Visual field examined in six cases after surgery showed no significant constriction. If the retinal flap is mobile, pneumatic retinopexy may be effective in treating retinal detachment with giant tear.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya National Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagasaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sekiryu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003452:Cryosurgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012160:Retina / Q000601:surgery*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D013459:Sulfur Hexafluoride; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields; D014821:Vitrectomy
chemical_list: D013459:Sulfur Hexafluoride