Late Recurrence of Retinal Detachment after Successful Surgery.

Lee, Chang Hoon; Lee, Kyung Ha; Park, Young Hoon

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2000;41(11):2381-2385.
Published online November 1, 2000.

Late Recurrence of Retinal Detachment after Successful Surgery.

Chang Hoon Lee, Kyung Ha Lee, Young Hoon Park

Department of Ophthalmology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine #317-1 Daemyung-dong, Nam-ku, Taegu, 705-717, Korea.

성공적 망막유착술 후 발생한 후기 망막재박리

이창훈(Chang Hoon Lee),이경하(Kyung Ha Lee),박영훈(Young Hoon Park)

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to study the prevalence, causes and prognosis of late recurrences of retinal detachment after successful surgery.We reviewed 986 cases in 926 patients who had undergone surgery for primary retinal detachment.Late recurrence was defined as the reappearance of subretinal fluid 6 months or longer after complete retinal reattachment.We performed scleral buckling, cryopexy, or vitrectomy as the first operation. Twenty seven eyes in 25 patients (2.7%)had a late recurrence.New breaks were definitely identified in 11 eyes (40.8%), and 9 eyes had proliferative vitreoretinopathy.In 3 eyes, previous breaks were reopened.The causes of redetachment were not identified in 4 eyes.Most common cause of late recurrence of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment was the newly developed retinal breaks.So, It may be helpful in reducing the incidence of late recurrence to perform long-term careful fundus examination after successful first operation.

Key Words: Late recurrence;Retinal detachment;Successful surgery