PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - U Chakravarthy
AU  - C J Maguire
AU  - D B Archer
TI  - Experimental posterior perforating ocular injury: a controlled study of the gross effects of localised gamma irradiation.
AID  - 10.1136/bjo.70.8.561
DP  - 1986 Aug 01
TA  - British Journal of Ophthalmology
PG  - 561--569
VI  - 70
IP  - 8
4099  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/70/8/561.short
4100  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/70/8/561.full
SO  - Br J Ophthalmol1986 Aug 01; 70
AB  - A pilot study on the effect of localised irradiation applied to the site of a standard perforating injury in the rabbit eye, showed that gamma rays limited the formation of post-traumatic vitreoretinal membranes. A controlled study was therefore undertaken to confirm this observation. Twenty-four pairs of rabbits underwent a standard perforating injury in the right eye. One rabbit of each pair received a radioactive ophthalmic Cobalt applicator and the other a dummy applicator. Nineteen of 24 non-irradiated eyes developed vitreoretinal membranes, with associated traction retinal detachment. Only four of 24 irradiated eyes developed traction retinal detachment.