Ab externo Surgery of Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment: Handling of Intraoperative and Postoperative Complications

2012 ◽  
pp. 109-116
Author(s):  
Ainat Klein ◽  
Anat Loewenstein
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 936-939
Author(s):  
Kiichiro Kusaba ◽  
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Tsuneaki Handa ◽  
Yukihiko Shiraki ◽  
Takuya Kataoka ◽  
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AIM: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a minimally restricted face-down postoperative positioning following pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with gas tamponade for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). METHODS: Patients with primary RRD treated with PPV and gas tamponade and followed up for at least 6mo were selected for the study. All phakic eyes underwent simultaneous cataract surgery. The patients were required to be in a postoperative position that prevented downward flow of retinal tears. Patients with macular detachment were positioned face-down for only a couple of hours. The patients were assessed for preoperative and postoperative best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), anatomical retinal reattachment rate, and postoperative complications. RESULTS: In total, 40 eyes of 39 patients with primary RRD were included in the study. A single tear was present in 30 eyes (75.0%), multiple retinal tears were present in nine eyes (22.5%), and oral dialysis was present in one eye (2.5%). The anatomical success rate was 90.0% (36 cases) after the primary surgery, and the final anatomical success rate was 100%. The BCVA improved significantly (P<0.001) from 0.75 logarithm angle of resolution (logMAR) preoperatively to 0.12 logMAR at the final visit. Postoperative complications included intraocular pressure elevation (≥25 mm Hg) in 11 patients (27.5%), fibrin formation in two patients (5.0%), pupillary capture of the intraocular lens in two patients (5.0%), and posterior synechia in one patient (2.5%). CONCLUSION: A minimally restricted face-down and flexible postoperative positioning after PPV and gas tamponade for primary RRD is effective and safe.


2020 ◽  
pp. 112067212096032
Author(s):  
Abdussalam M Abdullatif ◽  
Mostafa H Nabih

Purpose: To describe a novel technique to visualize vitreous base and the anterior hyaloid during vitrectomy for Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment (RRD). Methods: Retrospective, single-center study enrolling all patients who underwent vitrectomy for RRD between June 2015 and June 2018. After core vitrectomy and the necessary additional procedures, endodiathermy was activated near the edge of the peripheral vitreous. This created a heat-induced bubble stream and the bubbles were entangled in the vitreous base and anterior hyaloid. As a result, the vitreous base and anterior hyaloid were visualized and removed. Results: Between June 2015 and June 2018, a total of 210 cases of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment were treated with vitrectomy. Endodiathermy assisted vitreous base shaving and anterior hyaloid removal was used in those cases with a very low incidence of iatrogenic peripheral retinal breaks during vitreous base shaving (2%), and with no case of lens injury related to the technique. We achieved a final anatomical success of 95.2% in the study period after mean number of operations of 1.3 ± 0.2. Endodiathermy near the peripheral vitreous was not associated with any intraoperative or postoperative complications. Conclusion: Endodiathermy assisted vitreous base and anterior hyaloid visualization is a safe adjuvant method that could help in achieving complete and rapid vitreous base shaving and anterior hyaloid removal.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 1556
Author(s):  
Vincenza Bonfiglio ◽  
Michele Reibaldi ◽  
Iacopo Macchi ◽  
Matteo Fallico ◽  
Corrado Pizzo ◽  
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The treatment for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) is surgery, including pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) and scleral buckling (SB). Despite surgical advances, degeneration of the photoreceptors and post-operative complications, such as proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), often occurs as the result of inflammation, preventing complete visual recovery or causing RRD recurrence. There is increasing evidence that in the presence of RRD, the activation of inflammatory processes occurs and the surgery itself induces an inflammatory response. This comprehensive review focuses on the use of different formulations of corticosteroids (CCS), as an adjunctive treatment to surgery, either PPV or SB, for RRD repair. The purpose was to review the efficacy and safety of CCS in improving functional and anatomical outcomes and in preventing postoperative complications. This review is organized according to the timing of CCS administration: preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative. The evidence reviewed supported the role of the pre-operative use of CCS in the treatment of combined RRD and choroidal detachment (CD), reducing CD height. No solid consensus exists on intraoperative and postoperative use of CCS to treat and prevent postoperative complications. However, a large randomized clinical trial including more than 200 eyes suggested that oral prednisone after surgery decreases the rate of postoperative grade B PVR.


Author(s):  
А.V. Egorov ◽  
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G.P. Smoliakova ◽  
V.V. Egorov ◽  
А.Y. Khudyakov ◽  
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Актуальность. Несмотря на высокую частоту прилегания сетчатки в результате эндовитреальной хирургии, острота зрения в 60% случаев остается низкой или улучшается незначительно. Цель. Оценка эффективности нейропротектора «Цитофлавин» в улучшении остроты зрения после эндовитреальной хирургии регматогенной отслойки сетчатки. Материал и методы. Основная группа наблюдения представлена 20 пациентами с низким зрительным прогнозом, которые получали препарат «Цитофлавин» в послеоперационном периоде (период тампонады силиконом и после удаления силикона). Контрольная группа наблюдения включала 20 человек с низким зрительным прогнозом, получавших стандартное лечение после операции. Критериями оценки эффективности проводимой терапии явились: МКОЗ, амплитуда прироста (АΔ), показателя микроциркуляции (ПМ, перф. ед.), индекса эффективности микроциркуляции (ИЭМ, отн. ед.) относительно исходных, рассчитанная по формуле. Результаты. Результаты исследования показали, что через 6 мес. после операции у пациентов основной группы по сравнению с контрольной МКОЗ выросла более чем в 2 раза (р<0,05). Также при терапии препаратом «Цитофлавин» отмечена более значимая активация хориоретинального кровотока. АΔ, ПМ и ИЭМ у пациентов основной группы исследования к 6 мес. после операции выросла в 2 раза и более (р<0,05), что подтверждает прямую зависимость зрительных функций от состояния и динамики восстановления хориоретинального кровотока. Выводы. При включении нейропротектора «Цитофлавин» в систему медицинской реабилитации пациентов с низким уровнем зрительного прогноза наблюдается повышение МКОЗ в 2 раза и улучшение циркуляторных показателей хориоретинального кровотока более чем в 2 раза.


Author(s):  
V.Y. Markevich ◽  
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T.A. Imshenetskaya ◽  
O.A. Yarmak ◽  
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Purpose. To study the effectiveness of extrascleral filling (ESF) using endoillumination in the surgical treatment of patients with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). Material and methods. The material for the study was the data of a comprehensive clinical examination and surgical treatment by ESF method using endoillumination in 17 patients (17 eyes) with RRD. In 7 cases (41%), the macular area was involved in the detachment process. In 5 cases (29.4%), local scleral filling was performed. In the remaining 12 cases (70.6%), the local ESF was supplemented with a circling silicone element. Surgical intervention was supplemented by transscleral drainage of subretinal fluid (SRF) in 10 cases (59%) and pneumatic retinopexy with SF6 gas 50% in 8 cases (48%). Results. In the general group of patients, best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) increased from 0.35 to 0.46. In the subgroup of patients with a detached macular area, the positive dynamics is more pronounced, BCVA increased from 0.1 to 0.28. The progression of proliferative vitreoretinopathy caused the recurrence of retinal detachment in two patients (11.8%). Recurrences were diagnosed after 3 and 5 months, respectively. In both cases, a vitrectomy with tamponade of the vitreous cavity with silicone oil 5000 Cst was performed. The percentage of successful anatomical outcome after the first operation in our study was 82%. The percentage of successful achievement of the final anatomical result was 94%. In two cases, additional injection of SF6 gas into the vitreous cavity was required. Conclusion. This type of surgical treatment is an effective method of surgical treatment of patients with RRD. In our study, the successful anatomical outcome after the first operation was recorded in 82% of patients, which correlates with the data of the authors who also used this method (83–92%). Surgeons who performed surgical treatment using this technique in our study note improved workplace ergonomics when visualizing the fundus using an operating microscope and endoillumination compared with indirect ophthalmoscopy. Other teams of authors came to this conclusion as well. In our study, there were no complications associated with the introduction of a light pipe into the vitreous cavity (iatrogenic crystalline lens injury, endophthalmitis), which indicates the safety of this type of surgical treatment.


Author(s):  
V.A. Zaika ◽  
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A.P. Yakimov ◽  
D.V. Shabanov ◽  
A.G. Shchuko ◽  
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