Abstract
: Surgical treatment of very advanced rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. The results of operated detachments, which were for their advancement, with respect to the technical possibilities of the present intraocular surgery, on the border of the surgical possibilities.
Surgery was done in 23 of 37 patients (62 % of the whole group), with the remaining 14 eyes was not due to the severity of finding highly advanced retinal detachment. Attached retina at the end of the observation period had 14 eyes (61% of the patients, 38% of the whole group).
In 5 eyes was due to local re-detachment in the periphery only stabilized finding (22% of operated eyes, 14% of all). The values of visual acuity in the subgroup of operated eyes were statistically significantly increased after surgery (Wilcoxon p = 0.036).
Anatomical success of surgical treatment of advanced retinal detachment is possible.