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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-1-2
pubmed:abstractText
One hundred sixty-four patients (171 eyes) were treated for retinal breaks and the treatment outcomes were studied. One hundred two eyes were acutely symptomatic, 22 eyes were chronically symptomatic, and 47 eyes were asymptomatic. The reasons for further treatment in 38 of the 171 eyes (22%) included the following: (1) inadequate closure of the original break without detachment in eight eyes (5%), (2) new breaks without detachment in 15 eyes (9%), (3) an operation for retinal detachment caused by the original break in seven eyes (4%), or (4) retinal detachment caused by a new break in eight eyes (5%). Failure rates of treatment among acutely symptomatic, chronically symptomatic, and asymptomatic subgroups were not statistically significant. The risk of treatment failure was higher for aphakic and pseudophakic eyes, and in eyes with peripheral retinal abnormalities in the fellow eye. Among 38 patients with failed treatments, 20 (52%) returned for further examination within one month of initial treatment, whereas eight of the 38 patients with failed treatments (21%) returned six months or more after initial treatment. Peripheral retinal abnormalities were recognized initially in 65 of the 171 fellow eyes (38%) and subsequently developed in nine of the fellow eyes (5%) during the follow-up interval. Further treatment is often necessary after initial treatment of peripheral retinal breaks, emphasizing the need for careful long-term follow-up care.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0002-9394
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
112
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
623-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Cryosurgery, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Laser Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Postoperative Complications, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Proportional Hazards Models, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Recurrence, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Reoperation, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Retinal Detachment, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Retinal Perforations, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Scleral Buckling, pubmed-meshheading:1957897-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Results and complications in treated retinal breaks.
pubmed:affiliation
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article