WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Whether to perform scleral buckle alone or add it to pars plana vitrectomy in cases of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment is a matter of debate, a speaker here said.
“There are pros and cons to each of these approaches, but if you do scleral buckle very well, you get very good results,” Carl D. Regillo, MD, FACS, said at Retina 2019.
Recent large database studies indicate that primary RD single-surgery success rates, either scleral buckle or PPV, is about 85%.
“If you’re in that mid-80% or greater, (Read more...)
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