Primary Retinal Detachment
Primary Retinal Detachment
Primary Retinal Detachment
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Complications of Drainage 41<br />
encircling entailed. Drainage also shortened recovery time,<br />
which both relieved the unease of the surgeon and shortened<br />
hospital stays from weeks and months (Treatment of Samelsohn,<br />
[7]).<br />
Schepens reserved bed rest for macula-on retinal detachments.<br />
For all other detachments, subretinal fluid was desirable, since it<br />
made volume reduction more effective and safer: “In all other cases,<br />
the patients are encouraged to be up and about, in order to keep<br />
the retina detached prior to surgery, because the scleral buckling<br />
operation, which necessarily decreases the volume of the eye, requires<br />
the loss of ample subretinal fluid at the time of operation”<br />
[2]. The amount of fluid to be removed from the eye was investigated<br />
by Thompson and Michels. The volume displacement of a<br />
2.5-mm-wide band was measured to be 0.5 ml; with explants, the<br />
displaced volume could be close to 2 ml or up to 45% of the vitreous<br />
cavity [24].<br />
Complications of Drainage<br />
Complications of drainage include hemorrhage, choroidal detachment,<br />
retinal incarceration, iatrogenic retinal holes, and infection.<br />
Cibis wrote about the uncertain nature of a release of subretinal<br />
fluid:“This is perhaps the most dangerous step in any of the retinal<br />
detachment procedures presently employed,except where Custodis’<br />
technique is used” [25].<br />
Intraocular bleeding (major retinal, subretinal, or vitreal) was<br />
seen in 14.4% of drained versus 3.3% of undrained cases [26].<br />
Choroidal detachment occurred in 8.6% of drained versus 1.6% of<br />
undrained cases. Both bleeding and choroidal detachment reduced<br />
the probability of reattachment and good postoperative vision<br />
in this population-based study [26]. Choroidal edema was found<br />
more frequently in older patients after drainage, hypotony, encircling,<br />
larger buckles, more extensive cryopexy and more complete<br />
vortex vein obstruction [19].