title: Giant retinal tears after pars plana vitrectomy.
abstract: Vitreous surgery is used to treat complicated vitreo-retinal pathology. Retinal tears are a serious complication of vitreous surgery. In this report, the development of giant retinal tears in four eyes after pars plana vitrectomy for posterior segment pathology is described. The pathogenesis and implications of this serious and infrequent complication are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Abu el-Asrar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000601:surgery; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000209:etiology*; D014821:Vitrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*