Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
EVRS Educational Electronic Journal, cilt.3, sa.1, ss.1-4, 2007 (Scopus)
Background: Clinical and surgical aspects of patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) associated with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) were evaluated. Methods: We reviewed the patients' charts who had retinal detachment surgery between January 1993 and June 2002. Six patients with unllateral RRD and BRVO were identified. The mean time interval between the initial identified. The mean time interval between the initial detection of BRVO and the retinal surgery was 7.4 ± 10.8 months. Results: The mean follow-up was 18.8±15.7 months. Retinal breaks were observed in five of six eyes and all detected retinal breaks were posterior breaks. Four eyes has a single break and no retinal break could be detected in one patient. Two patients underwent only scleral buckling surgery and the remaining four eyes underwent pars plana vitrectomy with scleral buckling surgery. Anatomic success was achieved in four of six eyes (66.7%). Conclusion: RRD may happen very early or late in the course of BRVO. Vitrectomy techniques may be required as most breaks occur posteriorly and a significant tractional component may coexist. © EVRS 2007.