Abstract
Evidence suggests that there is a net movement of fluid through the retinal break in eyes with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, this net movement being directed from the vitreous humour into the subretinal space. However, it remains uncertain how much fluid exchange occurs in both directions across such breaks. The concentration ratios of IgG/IgM or IgA/IgM, derived from assay of immunoglobulins in vitreous humour, subretinal fluid, and serum from a group of 19 such patients, suggest a lack of free, two-directional, fluid movement across the retinal break. Furthermore the IgG/IgM ratios for the two intraocular fluids were significantly greater than that of serum, this suggesting that these intraocular fluids are formed, at least in part, by a selective transduction of serum.
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