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Submacular hemorrhage may cause secondary retinal degeneration. Evacuation of a traumatic submacular hemorrhage in a young man (Case II) was carried out successfully using transbulbar endodiathermy. Final visual acuity was 20/20. A 74-year-old man (Case IV) suffered a big subretinal hemorrhage in his remaining good eye. That same day strong Argon laser coagulations were applied to the retina over the dark, brown hemorrhage with perforation of the retina and visible escape of blood into the vitreous. Four weeks after the treatment the subretinal hemorrhage showed patchy absorption and the visual acuity was 20/60. The visual acuity remained 20/60 and J3, 27 months after the treatment, and useful vision continued for another 15 months.
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Dellaporta, A.N. Evacuation of subretinal hemorrhage. Int Ophthalmol 18, 25–31 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00919410
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