7 Cases of Cryopexy and Full-Thickness Scleral Buckling with Encircling Band in Retinal Detachment.

Yoo, Kyung Wha; Chung, Raing Myung; Lee, Woo Seung; Chung, Young Tae

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1975;16(3):217-221.
Published online March 1, 1975.

7 Cases of Cryopexy and Full-Thickness Scleral Buckling with Encircling Band in Retinal Detachment.

Kyung Wha Yoo, Raing Myung Chung, Woo Seung Lee, Young Tae Chung

Department of Ophthalmology, Presbyterian Medical Center, Jeon Ju, Korea.

냉동법 , 공막 돌융법 및 Encircling Band 에 의한 망막박리수술 7례

유경화 , 정행명 , 이우승 , 정영태 ( Kyung Wha Yoo , Haing Myung Chung , Woo Seung Lee , Young Tae Chung )

Abstract

A review of 16 patients diagnosed as having retinal detachment was presented. These cases were patients seen in P.M.C. eye clinic from Sep-73 to Feb-75. 9 of these patients did not have operation for various reasons, but the other 7 were operated by cryopexy, full-thickness scleral buckling with silicone materials, or encircling method with silicone band. The results were as follows; 1) 5 among 7 patients were successful in re-attachment and improvement of visual acuity. 2) No intraocular hemorrhage, the most serious complication due to cryopexy was seen in any of these cases. 3) In one case, the encircling band and implant were removed because small pus pocket and fistula were formed on the bulbar conjunctiva 3 months postoperatively.