Computational Simulation of Scleral Buckling Surgery for Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment: On the Effect of the Band Size on the Myopization

Increment of myopia (<svg height="8.68572pt" id="M91" style="vertical-align:-0.0498209pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 18.4592 8.68572" width="18.4592pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M600 0V24L339 665L311 657L43 24V0H600ZM497 50H107L303 539L497 50Z" id="g113-133"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="641" vert-adv-y="641"></glyph.data></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,8.327,0)"><path d="M743 375C743 570 607 650 407 650H136L130 622C214 612 220 606 204 526L125 122C110 43 105 36 24 27L17 0H250C382 0 482 23 571 76C680 141 743 248 743 375ZM644 379C644 188 520 36 305 36C277 36 249 38 229 46C205 55 202 71 212 126L293 553C300 588 306 600 317 606C330 613 356 617 390 617C547 617 644 537 644 379Z" id="g113-69"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="766" vert-adv-y="766"></glyph.data></g></svg>) in diopters (D) induced by the scleral buckling surgery in the numerical model for the nine cases considered (bandwidths of 1, 2, and 2.5 mm; IOP of 11, 15, and 18 mmHg) at three different levels of tightening (33%, 67%, and 100%). Since no relation is observed with IOP, the mean value of the myopia induced for each of the three bandwidths is also shown.

Journal of Ophthalmology

tab3

Table 3

Table 3: Computational Simulation of Scleral Buckling Surgery for Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment: On the Effect of the Band Size on the Myopization 

Table 3 | Computational Simulation of Scleral Buckling Surgery for Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment: On the Effect of the Band Size on the Myopization 