Molehills, Mountains and Prophylaxis of Retinal Detachment

Management of Peripheral Retinal Breaks

“…Similarly prophylactic cryo-therapy is considered in the presence of progressive lattice degeneration with peripheral retinal breaks [13,34] especially in the presence of a family history of retinal detachment [35] or when the fellow eye has suffered from retinal detachment [8,36,37].…”

Management of Peripheral Retinal Breaks

“…Similarly prophylactic cryo-therapy is considered in the presence of progressive lattice degeneration with peripheral retinal breaks [13,34] especially in the presence of a family history of retinal detachment [35] or when the fellow eye has suffered from retinal detachment [8,36,37].…”

Clear lens extraction in high axial myopia

“…Moreover, most giant retinal tears occur in high myopic eyes [1]. The incidence of RD in phakic individuals is 0.005-0.010% [5,6], but rises to 1% for phakic myopes [ 1 ] and the higher the myopia, the greater the incidence [2,3]. Perkins analyzed the incidence of phakic RD for different refractive errors and noted that this was 34 times greater than that in low myopia [2].…”

Clear Lens Replacement Surgery

“…The annual incidence of retinal detachment for the general phakic population is approximately 1 per 10,000 to 20,000 individuals. 47,48 The risk of retinal detachment in phakic myopes is around 1%. 49 Studies have shown that cataract surgery increases the risk of retinal detachment.…”

Management of Peripheral Retinal Breaks

“…Similarly prophylactic cryo-therapy is considered in the presence of progressive lattice degeneration with peripheral retinal breaks [13,34] especially in the presence of a family history of retinal detachment [35] or when the fellow eye has suffered from retinal detachment [8,36,37].…”

Clear lens extraction in high axial myopia

“…Moreover, most giant retinal tears occur in high myopic eyes [1]. The incidence of RD in phakic individuals is 0.005-0.010% [5,6], but rises to 1% for phakic myopes [ 1 ] and the higher the myopia, the greater the incidence [2,3]. Perkins analyzed the incidence of phakic RD for different refractive errors and noted that this was 34 times greater than that in low myopia [2].…”

Clear Lens Replacement Surgery

“…The annual incidence of retinal detachment for the general phakic population is approximately 1 per 10,000 to 20,000 individuals. 47,48 The risk of retinal detachment in phakic myopes is around 1%. 49 Studies have shown that cataract surgery increases the risk of retinal detachment.…”

Management of Peripheral Retinal Breaks

“…Similarly prophylactic cryo-therapy is considered in the presence of progressive lattice degeneration with peripheral retinal breaks [13,34] especially in the presence of a family history of retinal detachment [35] or when the fellow eye has suffered from retinal detachment [8,36,37].…”

Clear lens extraction in high axial myopia

“…Moreover, most giant retinal tears occur in high myopic eyes [1]. The incidence of RD in phakic individuals is 0.005-0.010% [5,6], but rises to 1% for phakic myopes [ 1 ] and the higher the myopia, the greater the incidence [2,3]. Perkins analyzed the incidence of phakic RD for different refractive errors and noted that this was 34 times greater than that in low myopia [2].…”

Clear Lens Replacement Surgery

“…The annual incidence of retinal detachment for the general phakic population is approximately 1 per 10,000 to 20,000 individuals. 47,48 The risk of retinal detachment in phakic myopes is around 1%. 49 Studies have shown that cataract surgery increases the risk of retinal detachment.…”