Primary Retinal Detachment
Primary Retinal Detachment
Primary Retinal Detachment
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Complications 111<br />
Third Category of Difficult <strong>Detachment</strong>s<br />
These are represented by pseudophakic detachments; the problem<br />
lies in the opacities of the optic media after an anterior segment<br />
surgery, which precludes finding the break and the application of<br />
minimal external buckling. However, the limits of external minimal<br />
buckling in this third category are in a gray zone.<br />
Actually,the indication for a vitrectomy in these eyes, combined<br />
with a preceding anterior segment surgery, does not depend only<br />
on the size of the tear or the presence of vitreoretinal proliferation,<br />
but also on the expertise of the surgeon in diagnostics in the presence<br />
of optical interferences. Biomicroscopy with the use of the new<br />
indirect wide-field contact lenses combined with simultaneous<br />
depression of the retinal periphery and application of the 4 Rules<br />
for finding the primary break [19, 20] might enable a limited<br />
prospective buckling and reduce the need for an invasive surgery.<br />
Complications<br />
There are no intraocular complications after minimal segmental<br />
buckling without drainage, except for a rare choroidal in a highly<br />
myopic eye (about 0.3%). The remaining complications are extraocular<br />
and reversible: in less than 0.5%,a buckle infection or extrusion<br />
may occur, and, in about 1%, diplopia may occur. However,<br />
diplopia after segmental buckles can be reduced to a minimum by<br />
avoiding trauma to the perimysium of the muscles during surgery,<br />
i.e., by avoiding grasping muscles with sharp instruments or uncontrolled<br />
pulling on the traction sutures. In addition, starting on<br />
the first day postoperatively, the patient should practice binocular<br />
motility exercises in all directions several times a day; this should<br />
be done independent of the state of the retina. This will avert the<br />
development of muscular adherences to the sclera or neighboring<br />
tissues and postoperative diplopia.