TY - JOUR T1 - Retinal detachment surgery without cryotherapy. JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 371 LP - 373 DO - 10.1136/bjo.65.5.371 VL - 65 IS - 5 AU - A H Chignell AU - R H Markham Y1 - 1981/05/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/65/5/371.abstract N2 - A series of cases of retinal detachment treated without the application of cryotherapy at the time of surgery has been studied. The omission of cryotherapy while not interfering with retinal reattachment, carries the risk of redetachment at a later date. Macular pucker may still occur in spite of the absence of cryotherapy. ER -