Giant Retinal Tear - Size Does Matter

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Giant retinal tears are defined as tears larger than 3 clock hours. Because of their size, these tears tend to roll back posteriorly and to have radial extensions leading to a high incidence of PVR. In this video, Manish Nagpal,MD, presents several cases demonstrating the surgical management of retinal tears.

Posted: 10/26/2010

Giant Retinal Tear - Size Does Matter

Giant retinal tears are defined as tears larger than 3 clock hours. Because of their size, these tears tend to roll back posteriorly and to have radial extensions leading to a high incidence of PVR. In this video, Manish Nagpal,MD, presents several cases demonstrating the surgical management of retinal tears.

Posted: 10/26/2010

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Manish Nagpal

14 years ago

In grt'S without PVR i usually do a Air PFCL exchange and then put oil but in case there is significant PVR then the chances of flap slippage are high with this technique and in that situation we do a direct OIL PFCL or a graded PFCL AIR OIL exchange gradually keeping a close watch on the edges with wide angle visualisation...

luciano ambrosio

14 years ago

which tecnic dou you use do you keep retina atached while aspirating pfc?

Nicholas Mayfield

14 years ago

Great video! Thanks for sharing those challenging cases. Perfluorocarbon liquids are a real help in those situations, and you used them very effectively.

ari weitzner

14 years ago

whew!! heroic! really remarkable skill. do these eyes really have useful vision though?

Manish Nagpal

14 years ago

Yes most of them do. However the functional success is not always comparable to the anatomical success !!!! as with all retinal surgery :(