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When a new retinal detachment (RD) presents itself, I prefer to take the patient to the operating room in a timely fashion dependent on macula involvement. If the macula is threatened but still attached (superior bullous RD, temporal RD nearing the macula, etc.), I will attempt to operate within 24 h of the initial exam. If the macula (including the fovea) has been detached, I will operate within several days. If the macula is not threatened (inferior RD), I will operate within several days. In general, the preference is to repair a new RD sooner rather than later.
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Mango, C.W. (2018). My Approach to PVR Detachment: An American Perspective. In: Spandau, U., Tomic, Z., Ruiz-Casas, D. (eds) Retinal Detachment Surgery and Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78446-5_31
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