A Clinical Study of the Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment.

Park, Jong Lyul; Kim, Sung Doo; Yun, Ill Han

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2002;43(6):1015-1024.
Published online June 1, 2002.

A Clinical Study of the Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment.

Jong Lyul Park, Sung Doo Kim, Ill Han Yun

Department of Ophthalmology, Pusan Paik Hospital, In Je University Medical college, Korea. saphenus72@hotmail.com

열공성 망막박리에 대한 임상적 고찰

박종률 ( Jong Lyul Park ) , 김성두 ( Sung Doo Kim ) , 윤일한 ( Ill Han Yun )

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study aimed to analyze the clinical characteristics, results of operational method and causes of operational failure in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment except macula hole induced retinal detachment, and to analyze several factors of vision. METHOD: We reviewed the records of 720 patients, 743 eyes with regmatogenous retinal detachment who had undergone operation from January 1990 to December 1999, and followed up for at least 3 months or longer. RESULT: Scleral buckling (728 eyes, 98.0%), gas injection (9 eyes, 1.2%) and vitrctomy (6 eyes, 0.8%) were done as a primary operation. Anatomical success rate was 684 eyes(34.9%). A good visual acuity ( V A >or=0.5) was achieved in 239 eyes (34.9%), reasonable vision (VA 0.4~0.15) in 192 eyes(28.1%), ambulatory vision (VA 0.1~0.02) in 95 eyes (13.8%), whereas 158 eyes (23.2%) became blind (VA

Key Words: Operation methods;Postoperative visual acuity;Prognostic factors;Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment