TY - JOUR T1 - Comment on: ‘Pars plana vitrectomy to repair retinal detachment following brachytherapy for uveal melanoma’ JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 571 LP - 571 DO - 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304749 VL - 98 IS - 4 AU - Seen Nee Chia AU - Henry B Smith AU - Ewan G Kemp Y1 - 2014/04/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/98/4/571.1.abstract N2 - We read with interest the study by Beykin et al 1 which appears to show a much higher rate of late retinal detachment following brachytherapy for posterior uveal melanoma than was found during a recent review of our own service.Between 1998 and 2013, 445 eyes with posterior choroidal melanoma were treated with ruthenium-106 plaque brachytherapy in the Scottish Ocular Oncology Service, and only 1 eye (0.22%) developed a retinal detachment. This … ER -