Primary Retinal Detachment
Primary Retinal Detachment
Primary Retinal Detachment
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6 Minimal Segmental Buckling With Sponges and Balloons<br />
3. An old detachment with a pigment demarcation line and an<br />
intraretinal cyst (Fig. 6.12); here too, a balloon buckle sufficed.<br />
4. The balloon can also be used as a diagnostic tool to test for<br />
presence of only one break in two separate detachments<br />
(Fig. 6.13).<br />
5. Or, the balloon can be used even in a detachment up for reoperation<br />
with PVR stage C2 (Fig. 6.14).<br />
Why Is the Balloon Operation so Difficult to Accept?<br />
The premises for success are: (1) a maximum of preoperative diagnostics,<br />
so as not to overlook a break; (2) a precise localization<br />
of the break at the table without prior drainage; (3) marking the<br />
detached break on mobile conjunctiva (in contrast to the segmental<br />
sponge operation, in which the break can be marked precisely<br />
on the sclera); and (4) localization of a highly elevated break on a<br />
yet slightly indenting parabulbar balloon in presence of a bullous<br />
detachment with a pronounced and misleading parallax.<br />
Advantages of the Balloon Operation<br />
Advantages of the balloon operation are as follows:<br />
1. The surgery is short, ranging between 10 min and 20 min<br />
2. The anesthesia is topical or subconjunctival<br />
3. The recovery of vision is fast and optimal<br />
4. The last complications of segmental buckling are eliminated,<br />
i.e., there is no buckle infection, because the balloon is removed,<br />
and no diplopia. Diplopia, if present, disappears after the balloon<br />
is withdrawn.