Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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Teresio Avitabile

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  Primary 25-Gauge Airbag Vitrectomy in Pseudophakic Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment
  Author(s): Michele Reibaldi, Antonio Longo, Teresio Avitabile, Vincenza Bonfiglio, Andrea Russo, Andrea Saitta, Michele Nicolai, Alfonso Giovannini, Francesca Viti and Cesare Mariotti Michele Reibaldi, Antonio Longo, Teresio Avitabile, Vincenza Bonfiglio, Andrea Russo, Andrea Saitta, Michele Nicolai, Alfonso Giovannini, Francesca Viti and Cesare Mariotti
  
  Purpose: To evaluate the anatomic and functional outcomes and the rate of complications of a novel pars plana vitrectomy approach (airbag vitrectomy), with 25-gauge vitrectomy performed under air infusion, in the treatment of primary pseudophakic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (PsRD). Methods: Prospective, noncomparative, interventional case series. One hundred forty-one eyes of 141 consecutive patients with primary PsRD uncomplicated by severe proliferative vitreoretinopathy (grade A or B). All patients underwent primary 25-gauge vitrectomy under continuous infusion of air, laser retinopexy of retinal breaks, and air or gas tamponade. Eyes with minimum follow-up of 6 months were evaluated. The Main Outcome Measures were primary anatomical success rate, defined as retinal reattachment at final follow-up after a single operation without addit.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9570.1000367

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