title: PNEUMATIC DISPLACEMENT AS A TREATMENT OF TRAUMATIC MACULAR HOLE WITH SUBMACULAR HEMORRHAGE.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the potential benefit of pneumatic displacement with perfluoropropane in the acute treatment of traumatic macular hole and submacular hemorrhage.
  
  
  METHODS
  This article is a descriptive case report. Intravitreal injection of 0.3 mL of undiluted C3F8 was performed in an outpatient clinic setting, with strict face-down positioning for 7 days thereafter.
  
  
  METHODS
  An otherwise healthy 22-year-old white man with no past ocular history.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Initial examination and optical coherence tomography documented significant displacement of the submacular hemorrhage, and stabilization of the macular hole 24 hours after pneumatic retinopexy was performed. Best-corrected visual acuity on presentation was counting fingers in the affected eye, which improved to 20/50 with a closed macular hole 6 weeks after his initial injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington.
authors.forename: Trucian A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Ostheimer
authors.forename: Kasra A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Rezaei
mesh_terms: D058450:Endotamponade / Q000379:methods*; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D058449:Intravitreal Injections; D008297:Male; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*; D012167:Retinal Perforations / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D005466:Fluorocarbons; C042852:perflutren