Abstract
Eighty-two consecutive aphakic or pseudophakic retinal detachments were treated by buckling and vitrectomy procedures. Functional results (86.6%) and the incidence of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (11%) were comparable with reports of cases treated by the classic method.
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Verbraeken, H., Ryckaert, S. & De Meunynck, C. Pars plana vitrectomy in aphakic and pseudophakic retinal detachment. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 224, 203–204 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02143054
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