Open AccessPROLIFERATIVE VITREORETINOPATHY
Author(s) -
SYED ABID HASSAN NAQVI,
SOHAIL SHEHZAD,
Omar Zafar
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2006.13.01.5055
Subject(s) - medicine , proliferative vitreoretinopathy , retinal detachment , tamponade , ophthalmology , blunt , vitrectomy , blunt trauma , surgery , visual acuity , retinal
Objective: The objective of study to assess the success of pars planavitrectomy with use of silicone Oil for internal tamponade in traumatic rhegmatogenous R D with severe PVR. Setting& Period: This study was carried out in department of Ophthalmology Military Hospital Rawalpindi. Material &Methods: Fifteen cases with severe proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR Grade C, according to up dated retina SocietyClassification of 1991) was included in study. All the patients had traumatic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment withhistory of blunt ocular trauma, without globe rupture, outcome of the treatment was assessed by post operativeanatomical and physiological success. Results: Anatomical success was encouraging in-spite of advance disease andtechnically difficult and complicated intra-ocular maneuvers.