Bilateral Giant Retinal Tear and Sequential Vitrectomy

PURPOSE: To describe the excellent outcome of surgery for bilateral giant retinal tears (GRTs) with better options of endotamponade. METHODS: This is a case report of a 62-year-old man who presented with bilateral GRTs and associated retinal detachment. The tear in the right eye was supero-temporal...

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Autores principales: Mustapha, Mushawiahti, Roufail Franzco, Edward
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5597925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28924443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000479728
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description PURPOSE: To describe the excellent outcome of surgery for bilateral giant retinal tears (GRTs) with better options of endotamponade. METHODS: This is a case report of a 62-year-old man who presented with bilateral GRTs and associated retinal detachment. The tear in the right eye was supero-temporal and silicone oil was used as an endotamponade. The tear in the left eye was infero-temporal and perfluorocarbon liquid was used as an endotamponade. RESULTS: The outcome at 6 months after surgery was excellent with visual acuities of 6/6 in both eyes. CONCLUSION: Improved availability of endotamponade agents allows repair of bilateral GRTs to be done at the same time, with good surgical outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-55979252017-09-18 Bilateral Giant Retinal Tear and Sequential Vitrectomy Mustapha, Mushawiahti Roufail Franzco, Edward Case Rep Ophthalmol Case Report PURPOSE: To describe the excellent outcome of surgery for bilateral giant retinal tears (GRTs) with better options of endotamponade. METHODS: This is a case report of a 62-year-old man who presented with bilateral GRTs and associated retinal detachment. The tear in the right eye was supero-temporal and silicone oil was used as an endotamponade. The tear in the left eye was infero-temporal and perfluorocarbon liquid was used as an endotamponade. RESULTS: The outcome at 6 months after surgery was excellent with visual acuities of 6/6 in both eyes. CONCLUSION: Improved availability of endotamponade agents allows repair of bilateral GRTs to be done at the same time, with good surgical outcomes. S. Karger AG 2017-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5597925/ /pubmed/28924443 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000479728 Text en Copyright © 2017 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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