Late Recurrence of Retinal Detachment after Successful Surgery.
- Author:
Chang Hoon LEE
1
;
Kyung Ha LEE
;
Young Hoon PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine #317-1 Daemyung-dong, Nam-ku, Taegu, 705-717, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Late recurrence;
Retinal detachment;
Successful surgery
- MeSH:
Humans;
Incidence;
Prevalence;
Prognosis;
Recurrence*;
Retinal Detachment*;
Retinaldehyde*;
Scleral Buckling;
Subretinal Fluid;
Vitrectomy
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2000;41(11):2381-2385
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The purpose of this work is to study the prevalence, causes and prognosis of late recurrences of retinal detachment after successful surgery.We reviewed 986 cases in 926 patients who had undergone surgery for primary retinal detachment.Late recurrence was defined as the reappearance of subretinal fluid 6 months or longer after complete retinal reattachment.We performed scleral buckling, cryopexy, or vitrectomy as the first operation. Twenty seven eyes in 25 patients (2.7%)had a late recurrence.New breaks were definitely identified in 11 eyes (40.8%), and 9 eyes had proliferative vitreoretinopathy.In 3 eyes, previous breaks were reopened.The causes of redetachment were not identified in 4 eyes.Most common cause of late recurrence of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment was the newly developed retinal breaks.So, It may be helpful in reducing the incidence of late recurrence to perform long-term careful fundus examination after successful first operation.
