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Are Encircling and Drainage Still Worth Doing? 47<br />

Fig. 3.7. A detachment with a good prognosis. A one-quadrant detachment,<br />

one break, in a 50-year-old male patient, flattened with bed rest.<br />

A radial 5-mm sponge was placed, followed by laser<br />

phakic status (Fig. 3.7). Indicators of poor prognosis include: many<br />

breaks, undetectable breaks, a large area of detachment, bullous detachment,<br />

aphakic/pseudophakic status and proliferations of vitreous<br />

and retina (Fig. 3.8). Not surprisingly, these indicators are similar<br />

in the literature on both buckling and pneumatic retinopexy [16].<br />

Minimal procedures are appropriate to repair more favorable<br />

cases, whereas procedures associated with higher morbidity are reserved<br />

for the complex case. Schepens corroborated this finding.<br />

“The circling element was at first used in cases with an unfavorable<br />

prognosis.As experience with this procedure increased it was used<br />

on more and more favorable cases and it was found to be the most<br />

dependable operation”[2]. This misconception, that if it is good for<br />

complicated cases it is even better for uncomplicated ones, has<br />

proved to be a common reasoning in clinical practice, as observed<br />

by Lincoff and Kreissig [41].

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