J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1978 Jun;19(2):185-188.
Surgical Results for Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment
- Affiliations
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- 1Jin Hae Armed borced General Hospital, Korea.
- 2Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Kyung Pook National University, Taegu, Korea.
Abstract
- It was not until 1919 that the treatment of retinal detachment began to plan on rationale line by Jule Gonin, Who was the first to appriciate the pathological significance of retinal break and therapeutic effect of closing these. Since after the first Gonin's suggestion, various surgical techniques for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment was reoprted in the literatures. Recently the authors had been experienced good surgical results of 45 eyes, beililg operated. The authors employed encircling procedurs and segmental buckling procedure with implants. The segmental buckling procedure was modified from the pocket technique, being employed in the case of simple posterior vitreous detachment. The encircling procedure followed the Crock and Galbraith technique modified from Schepens, being employed in the case of to tal posterior vitreous detachment with collapse. 36 eyes out of 45 eyes was much successful, and no postoperative complication was occurred.
