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. 1985 Oct;69(10):729–732. doi: 10.1136/bjo.69.10.729

Surgical treatment of superior bullous rhegmatogenous retinal detachments.

M R Stanford, A H Chignell
PMCID: PMC1040728  PMID: 4052356

Abstract

The results in 90 patients with superior bullous rhegmatogenous detachments operated on over a period of 10 years are presented. In only 70% of cases treated by scleral buckling, with or without drainage of subretinal fluid, was retinal reattachment achieved with a single operation. More recently the treatment of patients by external drainage, air injection into the vitreous cavity, and subsequent buckling has improved the success rate to 96%. It is suggested that the latter method be the surgical treatment of choice in such cases.

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