Thirteen year experience of vitrectomy and air tamponade for primary retinal detachment repair with clinical outcomes

Maurizio Mete, Emilia Maggio, Guido Prigione, Enrico Bruni, Giorgia Maraone, Sarah Tripodi, Nicoletta De Santis, Massimo Guerriero, Grazia Pertile · 2024

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Maurizio Mete and eight co-authors report thirteen years of eye surgery results for repair of a detached retina with an air bubble method. The surgery is called pars plana vitrectomy, and the air holds the retina in place as it heals. The study came out in twenty twenty-four.

The team reviewed nine hundred patients treated over more than a decade, and kept about four hundred who met strict rules. The retina stayed attached after one surgery in most cases, and sharpness of sight got much better. New detachment struck a small share of eyes. Haze of the lens was the most common side issue, and leaving or removing a thin gel layer did not change relapse rates.

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CREATORMaurizio Mete, Emilia Maggio, Guido Prigione, Enrico Bruni, Giorgia Maraone, Sarah Tripodi, Nicoletta De Santis, Massimo Guerriero, Grazia Pertile
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE28 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11577069

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