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Management of Severe (Grade D) PVR with Mechanical Fixation of the Retina

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When retinal detachments are complicated by advanced proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), scleral buckling surgery alone is generally not sufficient to result in permanent retinal reattachment. The continued evolution of vitreous surgical instrumentation and techniques in the 1980s has resulted in a dramatically improved prognosis in the treatment of such advanced PVR cases. This paper highlights the current surgical approaches used at the Duke University Eye Center in these most severe cases.

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  1. Brooks W. McCuen II
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  2. Eugene de Juan Jr.
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  3. Robert Machemer
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA

    H. MacKenzie Freeman MD (Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Surgeon in Ophthalmology, Senior Clinical Scientist) & Felipe I. Tolentino MD (Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Associate Surgeon in Ophthalmology, Program Director) (Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Surgeon in Ophthalmology, Senior Clinical Scientist) &  (Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Associate Surgeon in Ophthalmology, Program Director)

  2. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA

    H. MacKenzie Freeman MD (Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Surgeon in Ophthalmology, Senior Clinical Scientist) & Felipe I. Tolentino MD (Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Associate Surgeon in Ophthalmology, Program Director) (Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Surgeon in Ophthalmology, Senior Clinical Scientist) &  (Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Associate Surgeon in Ophthalmology, Program Director)

  3. Ophthalmic Microsurgery Laboratory, Eye Research Institute of Retina Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA

    H. MacKenzie Freeman MD (Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Surgeon in Ophthalmology, Senior Clinical Scientist) & Felipe I. Tolentino MD (Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Associate Surgeon in Ophthalmology, Program Director) (Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Surgeon in Ophthalmology, Senior Clinical Scientist) &  (Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Associate Surgeon in Ophthalmology, Program Director)

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McCuen, B.W., de Juan, E., Machemer, R. (1988). Management of Severe (Grade D) PVR with Mechanical Fixation of the Retina. In: Freeman, H.M., Tolentino, F.I. (eds) Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy (PVR). Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3910-9_8

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