Prevention for occurrence of sclerotomy-related complications during vitrectomy / 眼科

ABSTRACT

Pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) is a common vitreoretinal surgical procedure. With its rapid advances many vitreoretinal diseases that have the potential to blind can now be treated. Although surgical complications are decreasing due to the improvement of surgical tools and techniques, these are not uncommon in our daily clinical practice. The sclerotomy-related complications, for example, are of great concern because they can result in retinal detachment and loss of vision. This article will review the common sclerotomy-re-lated complications including the sclerotomy-related retinal breaks and detachment, fibrovaacular ingrowth into the sclerotomy site, and vitreous incarceration. The risk factors and the practical measures to prevent these complications are also discussed. (Ophthalmol CHN, 2009, 18 225-228)