TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary retinal detachment
T2 - Scleral buckle or pars plana vitrectomy?
AU - Schwartz, Stephen G.
AU - Flynn, Harry W.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/6
Y1 - 2006/6
N2 - PURPOSE OF REVIEW: There remains no consensus among vitreoretinal surgeons regarding the optimal management of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. In this article, fundamental principles are discussed and applied to recent clinical reports. RECENT FINDINGS: The consensus of the peer-reviewed literature appears to be that scleral buckling and primary pars plana vitrectomy may yield comparable single-operation success rates and visual acuity outcomes for a wide variety of rhegmatogenous retinal detachments. SUMMARY: No definitive prospective, randomized, multicenter trial compares scleral buckling with pars plana vitrectomy. The upcoming Scleral Buckling versus Primary Vitrectomy in Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment study may yield useful information in this regard. Even when this study is completed, the choice of surgical modality is complex and may be individualized for specific patients.
AB - PURPOSE OF REVIEW: There remains no consensus among vitreoretinal surgeons regarding the optimal management of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. In this article, fundamental principles are discussed and applied to recent clinical reports. RECENT FINDINGS: The consensus of the peer-reviewed literature appears to be that scleral buckling and primary pars plana vitrectomy may yield comparable single-operation success rates and visual acuity outcomes for a wide variety of rhegmatogenous retinal detachments. SUMMARY: No definitive prospective, randomized, multicenter trial compares scleral buckling with pars plana vitrectomy. The upcoming Scleral Buckling versus Primary Vitrectomy in Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment study may yield useful information in this regard. Even when this study is completed, the choice of surgical modality is complex and may be individualized for specific patients.
KW - Pars plana vitrectomy
KW - Pneumatic retinopexy
KW - Proliferative vitreoretinopathy
KW - Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
KW - Scleral buckling
KW - Single-operation success rate
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U2 - 10.1097/01.icu.0000193097.28798.fc
DO - 10.1097/01.icu.0000193097.28798.fc
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16794436
AN - SCOPUS:33748167812
VL - 17
SP - 245
EP - 250
JO - Current Opinion in Ophthalmology
JF - Current Opinion in Ophthalmology
SN - 1040-8738
IS - 3
ER -