PARIS — Viscodissection is a minimally traumatic and effective method to manage complex cases of proliferative vitreoretinopathy and funnel-shaped retinal detachment, or RD, according to a speaker.
At the Euretina congress, José García-Arumí, MD, PhD, of the Institute of Ocular Microsurgery, Barcelona, Spain, said the procedure enhances intraoperative visualization, allowing for safer perfluorocarbon liquid use and improving surgical outcomes.
“In the most complex cases of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), the tissue contracts and sometimes contracts so much that it creates a funnel,” he