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11394474

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-6-7
pubmed:abstractText
In the past three decades, a great improvement has occurred in microsurgical techniques used in the management of various eye diseases involving retina and vitreous. Advances in instrumentation has made the surgery easier and refined. The instruments used are narrated widely in this article. Various vitreous substitutes have been developed and are required in vitreoretinal surgery. These are gases, silicone oil, perfluorocarbon liquids and fluorosilicone oil. Anterior segment indications for vitreous surgery are: Vitreous loss during cataract surgery, thick after cataracts that can't be managed with Nd: YAG capsulotomy, vitreocorneal touch, updrawn pupils, incarcerated vitreous in the wound causing cystoid macular oedema, malignant glaucoma, penetrating keratoplasty in aphakic patients, congenital cataracts and filtering procedures in aphakic eyes. In posterior segment indications, vitrectomy is useful in penetrating trauma, haemorrhage, retinal deetachment, intra-ocular foreign bodies and infection endophthalmitis Macular surgery involves peeling of epimacular membrane or proliferation, treating vitreomacular traction syndrome, idiopathic macular holes, retinal detachment associated with optic pit, evacuation of submacular haemorrhage and excision of choroidal neovascular membranes. Available options to treat retinal detachments are pneumatic retinopexy, scleral buckling and vitreous surgery. Proliferative vitreoretinopathy remains the important cause of failure and occurs in about 8-10% cases after retinal detachment. Vitreous surgery for ocular trauma, vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy, macular hole surgery, submacular surgery are also discussed in detail.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0019-5847
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
98
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
754-8, 760-2
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Recent developments in vitreoretinal surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Sankara Nethralaya, Medical and Vision Research Foundations, Chennai.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article