Management of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with undetected retinal tears

ABSTRACT

The problem of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment without visible retinal breaks is a challenge to the retinal surgeon. The approach of this problem was described. Instead of the usual blind encircling procedure, pars plana vitrectomy were performed for such cases. Hereby, the study reported the results of this technique that was used in nine eyes where retinal breaks were undetectable preoperative. By this method, there was ability to detect retinal tears in seven eyes and to reattach the retina in these eyes. The advantages of this approach over other approaches were discussed