Primary Retinal Detachment
Primary Retinal Detachment
Primary Retinal Detachment
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second surgery and PVR were beginning to diminish in the most<br />
recent of the case series that we examined, and perhaps a way to<br />
reduce the incidence of postoperative cataract will develop. If not,<br />
maybe in another 50 years, someone will rediscover the scleral<br />
buckle.<br />
� Acknowledgements. This study was supported by The Edward<br />
L. Grayson <strong>Retinal</strong> Research Fund, West Orange, NJ; Señora Salua<br />
H. Kuri, Mexico City, Mexico; Caroline H. Newhouse and the Newhouse<br />
Foundation, New York, USA. The authors have no proprietary<br />
interest in any of the aspects of this study.<br />
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