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Scleral Buckling in Vitrectomy Era

Scleral Buckling in Vitrectomy Era
Arief Kartasasmita
Universitas Padjadjaran, Paper Presented as Invited Speaker on Asia Pacific Vitreoretina Society 2017 December 8-10, 2017
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Universitas Padjadjaran, Paper Presented as Invited Speaker on Asia Pacific Vitreoretina Society 2017 December 8-10, 2017
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Introduction: Since the introduction of vitrectomy by Machemer over four decades ago, scleral buckling is started to be neglected because of the easiness of vitrectomy. As the advancement of vitrectomy and viewing system since it was introduced, the trend of the scleral bulking procedure is going lower recently. Methods: We conduct a literature review of scleral buckling compared with vitrectomy in the term of the result, safety and cost-effectiveness. The learning curve and practical issues also be reviewed Result: Although started less popular, scleral buckling still considered as effective, low cost and high success result procedure Conclusion: SB remains the method of choice in uncomplicated retinal situations, in the term cost effectiveness. Innovations such as combining with PR, chandelier, sutureless et cetera can be used in SB surgery to overcome the high skill needed, especially for a beginner. However, despite the cost, with the recent advancement, PPV is still the method of choice in complicated cases where the SB meets its limitation

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