Latest developments in treating retinal detachment.
Retinal detachment is a significant cause of blindness. Until the second quarter of this century, no successful treatment was available. Since then, there have been many exciting developments so that nowadays the majority of retinal detachments can be successfully repaired.
Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.
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D003452:Cryosurgery; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008028:Light Coagulation; D011379:Prognosis; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014821:Vitrectomy