PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M R Stanford
AU  - A H Chignell
TI  - Surgical treatment of superior bullous rhegmatogenous retinal detachments.
AID  - 10.1136/bjo.69.10.729
DP  - 1985 Oct 01
TA  - British Journal of Ophthalmology
PG  - 729--732
VI  - 69
IP  - 10
4099  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/69/10/729.short
4100  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/69/10/729.full
SO  - Br J Ophthalmol1985 Oct 01; 69
AB  - The results in 90 patients with superior bullous rhegmatogenous detachments operated on over a period of 10 years are presented. In only 70% of cases treated by scleral buckling, with or without drainage of subretinal fluid, was retinal reattachment achieved with a single operation. More recently the treatment of patients by external drainage, air injection into the vitreous cavity, and subsequent buckling has improved the success rate to 96%. It is suggested that the latter method be the surgical treatment of choice in such cases.