Removal of the intruding Miragel's scleral buckle by pars plana ultrasonic fragmentation.
OBJECTIVE
To introduce a surgical approach for removing intruded scleral buckle resulting from Miragel's implant.


METHODS
Interventional case report.


METHODS
After cutting and releasing scleral band externally, a pars plana Fragmatome was used to break up and aspirate pieces of the Miragel's implant that had grown into the eye, filling the vitreous cavity.


RESULTS
The intruding Miragel's buckle was shaved to the plane of the retina without any complication. The retina was completely attached.


CONCLUSIONS
Use of ultrasonic fragmentation by a pars plana approach was effective in removing the intavitreally expanded buckling element without harming the retina.
Cekiç
Osman
O
Department of Ophthalmology, College of Surgeons and Physicians of Columbia University, Harkness Eye Institute, New York, New York 10032, USA. ocekic@hotmail.com
Chang
Stanley
S
Schiff
William M
WM
Barile
Gaetano R
GR
D000368:Aged; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011102:Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery; D012591:Scleral Buckling; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000473:pathology*
C065274:Miragel; D011102:Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate