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7814199

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-6
pubmed:abstractText
Macular detachment due to peripheral retinal tears that occur after pars plana vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy can result in severe visual loss despite successful retinal reattachment. The authors reviewed the records of three patients who developed peripheral sclerotomy-related rhegmatogenous retinal detachments one to six months after vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy, despite the absence of detectable sclerotomy-related retinal tears by indirect ophthalmoscopy and scleral depression at the conclusion of surgery. All three patients had received standard panretinal laser photocoagulation in a complete encircling pattern either prior to or during the initial vitrectomy. Clinically or echographically, each patient was seen to have a partial or complete annual peripheral sclerotomy-related rhegmatogenous retinal detachment delimited to the equator. In each of these three cases, posterior extension of the peripheral retinal detachment into the macular area was prevented by the most anterior row of the photocoagulation scars. Standard panretinal laser photocoagulation applied in a complete encircling pattern may be useful in the prophylaxis of macular detachment from sclerotomy-related retinal tears that occur after vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0165-5701
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
101-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Encircling panretinal laser photocoagulation may prevent macular detachment after vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
pubmed:affiliation
Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't