Modified Encircling Scleral Buckle Technique Without Subretinal Fluid Drainage or Retinopexy.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Scleral buckling (SB) tends to be more challenging and time-consuming for compared to the pars plana vitrectomy for repairing rhegmatogenous retinal detachments (RRDs). This study characterizes a novel and simplified technique for SB.

Methods

In this single-masked randomized interventional study, patients with RRDs who were eligible for SB were randomly assigned to either the standard (S) or modified (M) technique of SB. In the modified approach, neither intraoperative break localization nor cryopexy or subretinal fluid drainage was done. A large tire (276/279) was placed where preoperative retinal breaks had been localized with a 240 encircling band placed for support of the remaining retina. Patients were followed for 12 months and the primary outcomes were di

SUBMITTER: Mafi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7406596 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature