Combination 20 and 23-gauge transconjunctival vitrectomy: A new approach

The advent of smaller gauge instrumentation allows for minimally invasive vitreoretinal surgery (MIVS) as compared to conventional pars plana vitrectomy. Sutureless posterior segment surgery has the advantages of faster wound healing, minimal surgical trauma, decreased convalescence period besides r...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Atul, Kakkar, Aashish, Jindal, Shveta, Rajesh, R
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Brief Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2812766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19861749
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.57158
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author Kumar, Atul
Kakkar, Aashish
Jindal, Shveta
Rajesh, R
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Rajesh, R
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description The advent of smaller gauge instrumentation allows for minimally invasive vitreoretinal surgery (MIVS) as compared to conventional pars plana vitrectomy. Sutureless posterior segment surgery has the advantages of faster wound healing, minimal surgical trauma, decreased convalescence period besides reduced postoperative astigmatism; however, slower gel removal and limited peripheral vitreous dissection are disadvantages with smaller gauge systems. We herein describe a new technique combining 23-gauge and 20-gauge vitrectomy to improve the effectiveness and outcomes of vitreoretinal surgery.
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spelling pubmed-28127662010-02-08 Combination 20 and 23-gauge transconjunctival vitrectomy: A new approach Kumar, Atul Kakkar, Aashish Jindal, Shveta Rajesh, R Indian J Ophthalmol Brief Communications The advent of smaller gauge instrumentation allows for minimally invasive vitreoretinal surgery (MIVS) as compared to conventional pars plana vitrectomy. Sutureless posterior segment surgery has the advantages of faster wound healing, minimal surgical trauma, decreased convalescence period besides reduced postoperative astigmatism; however, slower gel removal and limited peripheral vitreous dissection are disadvantages with smaller gauge systems. We herein describe a new technique combining 23-gauge and 20-gauge vitrectomy to improve the effectiveness and outcomes of vitreoretinal surgery. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2812766/ /pubmed/19861749 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.57158 Text en © Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Brief Communications
Kumar, Atul
Kakkar, Aashish
Jindal, Shveta
Rajesh, R
Combination 20 and 23-gauge transconjunctival vitrectomy: A new approach
title Combination 20 and 23-gauge transconjunctival vitrectomy: A new approach
title_full Combination 20 and 23-gauge transconjunctival vitrectomy: A new approach
title_fullStr Combination 20 and 23-gauge transconjunctival vitrectomy: A new approach
title_full_unstemmed Combination 20 and 23-gauge transconjunctival vitrectomy: A new approach
title_short Combination 20 and 23-gauge transconjunctival vitrectomy: A new approach
title_sort combination 20 and 23-gauge transconjunctival vitrectomy: a new approach
topic Brief Communications
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2812766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19861749
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.57158
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