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OPHTHALMIC IMAGES
Year : 2018  |  Volume : 66  |  Issue : 11  |  Page : 1625-1626

Intraocular intrusion in vitreous cavity of encirclage band following retinal detachment surgery


1 Department of Vitreo Retina, Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya, Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh, India
2 Department of Uvea, Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya, Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh, India

Date of Web Publication25-Oct-2018

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Dr. Ashish Mitra
Department of Vitreo Retina, Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya, Chitrakoot - 210 204, Madhya Pradesh
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DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_360_18

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Mitra A, Sen A, Agrawal T, Kohli G. Intraocular intrusion in vitreous cavity of encirclage band following retinal detachment surgery. Indian J Ophthalmol 2018;66:1625-6

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Mitra A, Sen A, Agrawal T, Kohli G. Intraocular intrusion in vitreous cavity of encirclage band following retinal detachment surgery. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2018 [cited 2024 Mar 29];66:1625-6. Available from: https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/text.asp?2018/66/11/1625/244053



A 50-year-old pseudophakic male underwent resurgery for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD) in OD with relaxing retinectomy (inferonasal) and silicon oil (SO) reinsertion. Postoperative (PO) day 1, the patient had inferior subretinal fluid with break at band edge. He was reoperated with gas (14% C3F8) tamponade instead of SO (explained by principle of buoyancy). Scleral buckles indented into an otherwise near-spherical vitreous cavity (VC). SO has been shown not to make contact with the retina on either side of the indent, and it retains a spherical shape and does not fill the recesses created by the indent.[1] PO intraocular pressure (IOP) spike, shallow anterior chamber was managed with antiglaucoma medication and laser peripheral iridectomy. He presented a week later with band buckle (BB) intrusion in VC [Figure 1]. We hypothesized that with time band got displaced posteriorly lying inside orbital cavity and healed by fibrosis maintaining integrity of the globe. Options explored were of cutting band to release any further tension. None of the instrument was apt to cut it inside VC. Any manipulation from outide might disturb integrity of the globe. Taking all points into consideration and the patient maintaining best-corrected visual acuity of 6/24 with retina ON, we decided to leave BB lying nasally, observed closely. Risk factors associated with intrusion include high myopia, thin sclera, multiple operations, glaucoma, and infection.[2],[3],[4] Thinning in the quadrant of intrusion might have caused sclera to give way even though the patient was non-myope without any connective tissue disorder. In the study by Unlu et al., intrusion of scleral sponge implant after retinal reattachment surgery occurred after 3 months and was managed by cutting the silicone band without removing it.[5] Hence, in any case of sclera thinning, encirclage band should be used cautiously as acute rise in IOP postoperatively might cause band intrusion.
Figure 1: Intraocular intrusion of encirclage band in vitreous cavity (nasally) following retinal detachment surgery

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Wong IY, Wong D. Special adjuncts to treatment. In: Ryan SJ, editor. Retinal Reattachment: General Surgical Principles and Techniques. 5th ed., Sec. 2, Ch. 104. Elsevier Saunders: South-East Asia edition; 2013. p. 1737.  Back to cited text no. 1
    
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Nguyen QD, Lashkari K, Hirose T, Pruett RC, McMeel JW, Schepens CL. Erosion and intrusion of silicone rubber scleral buckle. Presentation and management. Retina 2001;21:214-20.  Back to cited text no. 2
    
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Yoshizumi MO, Friberg T. Erosion of implants in retinal detachment surgery. Ann Ophthalmol 1983;15:430-4.  Back to cited text no. 3
    
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Lewis H, Aaberg TM, Packo KH, Richmond PP, Blumenkranz MS, Blankenship GW, et al. Intrusion of retinal tacks. Am J Ophthalmol 1987;103:672-80.  Back to cited text no. 4
    
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Unlü N, Kocaoglan H, Acar MA, Aslan BS, Duman S. Intraocular intrusion of a scleral sponge implant. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 2003;34:223-5.  Back to cited text no. 5
    


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