June 2013
Volume 54, Issue 15
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   June 2013
Vitrectomy with anterior drainage without perfluorocarbon liquid for retinal detachment repair
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Christopher Rosicki
    Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
  • Cindy Hwang
    Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
  • Jaafar El Annan
    Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
  • Annal Meleth
    Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
  • Petros Carvounis
    Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships Christopher Rosicki, None; Cindy Hwang, None; Jaafar El Annan, None; Annal Meleth, None; Petros Carvounis, Allergan (C)
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science June 2013, Vol.54, 2868. doi:
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      Christopher Rosicki, Cindy Hwang, Jaafar El Annan, Annal Meleth, Petros Carvounis; Vitrectomy with anterior drainage without perfluorocarbon liquid for retinal detachment repair. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2013;54(15):2868.

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Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the outcomes of retinal detachment repair using anterior drainage without perfluorocarbon liquid

Methods: Retrospective interventional case series of consecutive patients who underwent pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) without scleral buckling with internal drainage through a drain retinotomy at or anterior to the equator or via an anterior break without use of perfluorocarbon liquid for repair of a retinal detachment.

Results: In the 77 patients included, the single surgery success rate was 91.2%. Mean logMAR visual acuity improved from 0.878 (20/151) to logMAR 0.50 (20/63). The success rate considering macular-sparing retinal detachments alone was 85.7% (36/42). Among the 36 eyes with macula-sparing retinal detachments who underwent successful repair with single surgery there were 4 patients whose visual acuity at final follow-up was worse than pre-operatively, in all due to development of a post-vitrectomy cataract

Conclusions: In this pilot study, retinal detachment repair with pars plana vitrectomy without scleral buckling with anterior internal drainage without use of perfluorocarbon liquid appears to offer high rates of single-surgery success without compromising visual outcomes.

Keywords: 697 retinal detachment • 688 retina  
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