Supplemental scleral buckle in the era of small incision vitrectomy and wide-angle viewing systems

Purpose:
To evaluate trends and outcomes of scleral buckle as adjunct to pars plana vitrectomy for management of retinal detachment.
Methods:
Retrospective case series including 300 consecutive cases of retinal detachment that underwent pars plana vitrectomy. The series was divided into three consecutive groups: Group A (first 100 cases), Group B (second 100 cases), and Group C (third 100 cases).
Results:
Three hundred eyes of 289 patients, mean age 61.0 years, were included in the study. The mean follow-up was 31.3 months for Group A, 28.5 months for Group B, and 12.0 months for Group C (P

Source: RETINA - September 23, 2020 Category: Opthalmology Tags: Original Study Source Type: research