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PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY IN TRAUMA CLINICAL EXPERIENCE *
Author(s) -
F.R.A.C.O. Leo F. Shanahan
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian journal of opthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 0310-1177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1979.tb01419.x
Subject(s) - vitrectomy , pars plana , medicine , ophthalmology , retinal , retinal detachment , vitreous hemorrhage , traction (geology) , foreign bodies , surgery , visual acuity , geomorphology , geology
Summary Pars plana vitrectomy provides a technique for assessing and treating severely damaged eyes. It has proved particularly successful in the management of non‐magnetic and low‐magnetic intraocular foreign bodies. It is similarly successful in the treatment of patients with unresolved vitreous haemorrhage secondary to penetrating or non pentrating trauma. Results may be disappointing in patients with vitreous haemorrhage associated with traction bands in the vitreous, pre‐retinal membranes, and traction retinal detachment. Vitrectomy done earlier may improve the success rate in this group. The treatment has been used successfully in the treatment of anterior segment complicatons of eye trauma.