title: Episcleral macular buckling by semirigid shaped-rod exoplant for recurrent retinal detachment with macular hole in highly myopic eyes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effects of episcleral macular buckling in highly myopic eyes with postvitrectomy recurrent retinal detachment with macular hole.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional case study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Episcleral macular buckling with a shaped-rod silicone plastic exoplant, facilitated by episcleral tissue removal and intraocular pressure reduction, was performed at Tokyo Medical University Hospital for postvitrectomy recurrent retinal detachment due to macular hole in three highly myopic eyes with axial length of >27 mm.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Optical coherence tomography showed successful retinal reattachment after the buckling procedure in all three eyes and closure of the macular hole in two of the three, and visual acuity improved to 20/200, 20/200, and 20/63 from preoperative values of 20/320, 20/250, and 20/320, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The anatomic and functional results of the macular buckling procedure used in these three cases were favorable, suggesting that this procedure can provide an effective means of retinal reattachment particularly in cases of retinal detachment recurrence after vitrectomy and therefore warrants further study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Kosei Chuo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. takaoeye@tkh.att.ne.jp
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Fumitaka
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Usui
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D047728:Myopia, Degenerative / Q000150:complications*; D012008:Recurrence; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012590:Sclera / Q000601:surgery; D012591:Scleral Buckling / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D012826:Silicone Elastomers