A Clinical Study on Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment.
- Author:
Sang Ki JEONG
1
;
Yeoung Geol PARK
;
Moon Key LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Chonnam University, Medical School, Kwangju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Corrected visual acuity;
Primary scleral buckling operations;
Retinal breaks;
Retinal reattachment;
Rhegmatogenouss retinal detachment
- MeSH:
Cataract;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Intraoperative Complications;
Macular Degeneration;
Male;
Myopia;
Retinal Degeneration;
Retinal Detachment*;
Retinal Perforations;
Retinaldehyde*;
Retrospective Studies;
Scleral Buckling;
Visual Acuity;
Vitreoretinopathy, Proliferative
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1992;33(6):589-598
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A retrospective study was performed in 180 eyes (173 patients) with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment which underwent primary scleral buckling operations. One hundred and sixteen patients (67.1 %) were men. The most common age group was the seventh decade (34 patients, 19.6%). Moderate- to high- degree myopia were the most numerous (65 eyes, 38.0%) as the associated ocular findings and the peripheral retinal degenerations were next (44 eyes. 257%). One hundred and fifty eyes had retinal breaks preoperatively, 129 eyes (76.8%) had breaks distributed in the superior and/or inferior temporal quadrants, 84 eyes (56.0%) had breaks located in the equator and 82 eyes (54.7%) had atrophic holes. Among 180 eyes studied, 141 eyes (78.3%) achieved retinal reattachment by primary scleral buckling operations. Preoperative and/or postoperative proliferative vitreoretinopathy as causes of failure were presented in 18 eyes. Ten eyes had intraocular hemorrhage as intraoperative complications and the other 10 eyes developed cataract as postoperative ones. Fourty-seven eyes (33.3%) had corrected visual acuity below 0.1 in spite of successful retinal reattachment and 23 eyes had macular degenerations as the most common causes of poor vision.
