Clinical Study

Internal Limiting Membrane Flap in the Management of Retinal Detachment due to Paracentral Retinal Breaks

Table 1

Demographic data of patients.

Case/age/sex/eyeRetinal detachment typeTamponadeBest-corrected visual acuity in LogMARDuration of follow-up (months)
InitialFinal

1/67/M/OSPrimary RRD30% SF60.50.36
2/74/M/ODPrimary RRD (high myopia)40% SF620.73
3/51/F/OSSecondary RRD (post ILM peeling)40% SF60.705
4/45/F/ODPDR + TRD + iatrogenic intraoperative break7% C3F80.81.33
5/63/M/OSCTRRD (PDR)24% SF6 + blood10.76
6/57/M/OSPDR + TRD + iatrogenic intraoperative break22% SF610.43
7/54/F/OSRecurrent RRD with PVR20% C3F821.36
8/46/M/ODSecondary RRD (post ILM peeling)24% SF6 + blood1.61.38
9/55/F/ODSecondary RRD (post ILM peeling)24% SF610.78

C3F8: perfluoropropane; CTRRD: combined tractional and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment; F: female; ILM: internal limiting membrane; M: male; PDR: proliferative diabetic retinopathy; PVR: proliferative vitreoretinopathy; RRD: rhegmatogenous retinal detachment; SF6: sulfur hexafluoride; TRD: tractional retinal detachment.