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. 1983;81:162–171.

The drainage of subretinal fluid.

C P Wilkinson, R H Bradford Jr
PMCID: PMC1312447  PMID: 6676967

Abstract

Drainage of subretinal fluid was performed in 84% of a consecutive series of 662 scleral buckling procedures. Complications of drainage occurred in 5.6% of cases, and the ultimate anatomical success rate in the series was 94.2%. Ninety-seven percent of failures were due to massive PVR, but this process was not associated with complications of surgery. Although drainage of subretinal fluid is a potentially hazardous maneuver, complications of this procedure are an uncommon cause of anatomical failure in retinal detachment surgery.

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