J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  1999 Nov;40(11):3111-3116.

Clinical Analysis of Laser Photocoagulation Following Scleral Buckling for the Treatment of Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment

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  • 1Department of Ophthalmology, Dankook University Medical Center, Dankook University College of Medicine.

Abstract

Cryotherapy has high possibility of complications such as dispersion of viable retinal pigment epithelium causing proliferative vitreoretinopathy, choroidal effusion, cystoid macular edema, blood-retinal barrier breakdown, and exudative retinal detachment. So, we evaluated the effect of laser photocoagulation in comparison with the effect of cryopexy following scleral buckling for the treatment of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. We reviewed pre-and postoperative characteristics of retinal detachment in 37 eyes of 37 patients who had undergone laser photocoagulation after scleral buckling procedure and had been followed for 1 year or longer. Retinal reattachment was achieved in 34 of 37 eyes[91.9%] after primary operation. Visual acuity improved in 27 of 37 eyes[73%], and no case had been complicated with proliferative vitreoretinopathy. Our results suggest that laser photocoagulation is the effective alternative to cryotherapy in the scleral buckling procedure of retinal reattachment surgery.

Keyword

Cryotherapy; Laser photocoagulation; Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment; Scleral buckling

MeSH Terms

Blood-Retinal Barrier
Choroid
Cryotherapy
Humans
Light Coagulation*
Macular Edema
Retinal Detachment*
Retinal Pigment Epithelium
Retinaldehyde*
Scleral Buckling*
Visual Acuity
Vitreoretinopathy, Proliferative
Retinaldehyde
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