title: Ultrasonography-guided scleral buckle retinopexy and cryotherapy: case report.
abstract: If the ocular media are clear, indirect binocular ophthalmoscopy allows retinal detachment and retinal tear identification and treatment under direct visualization. However, if opacities are present preventing direct fundus examination, ultrasonography becomes the most important tool for evaluating the posterior segment. In addition, ultrasonography can be useful in retinal tear treatment by guiding cryotherapy. In this article we describe a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment treatment technique applied to a patient with corneal opacity. Cryopexy and circumferential and radial buckle positioning were guided by ultrasonography, resulting in retinal attachment during the 6-month follow-up period.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. drlucena@hcrp.fmrp.usp.br
authors.forename: Daniel da Rocha
authors.initials: Dda R
authors.lastname: Lucena
authors.forename: Jefferson Augusto Santana
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Marco Sérgio Pinto Alves
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Folgosa
authors.forename: Levy da Rocha
authors.initials: Lda R
authors.lastname: Lucena
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jorge
mesh_terms: D003318:Corneal Opacity / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012591:Scleral Buckling / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional