AIR PUMP FOR RETINAL-DETACHMENT WITH MACULAR HOLE

Authors
TAKENAKA C IDETA H WATANABE K NAKATAKE J SHINAGAWA K DEMIZU S
Citation
C. Takenaka et al., AIR PUMP FOR RETINAL-DETACHMENT WITH MACULAR HOLE, Ophthalmic surgery, 25(9), 1994, pp. 590-592
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology,Surgery
Journal title
Ophthalmic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
0022023X
Volume
25
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
590 - 592
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-023X(1994)25:9<590:APFRWM>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
From 1984 to 1992, 128 eyes with substantial retinal detechment due to macular hole underwent vitrectomy at the Ideta Eye Hospital. In the f irst 76 eyes treated, air was injected by syringe after removal of the vitreous (group A); in the subsequent 52 eyes, air was injected by a pump while subretinal fluid was aspirated through the macular hole (gr oup B). The rates of retinal reattachment after the first surgery were 63.2% in group A and 82.7% in group B (P < .05). Thus, using the air pump was more effective than air injection.