Freyler H
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 1986;224(1):60-1. doi: 10.1007/BF02144136.
Between December 1981 and June 1984 scleral resection was performed in 35 patients suffering from end-stage proliferative diabetic retinopathy with traction retinal detachment involving the macula. In all cases, vitrectomy, membranectomy, segmentation, and delamination proved to be insufficient to mobilize the "shrunken" retina. In 22 cases (63%), retinal detachment was at least partially flattened in the area of the posterior pole of the eye. Visual acuity thus achieved ranged between 6/24 and 1/60, corresponding to an improvement of visual acuity compared with the preoperative situation in about one-third of the cases successfully treated (8 eyes).
1981年12月至1984年6月期间，对35例患有晚期增殖性糖尿病视网膜病变且伴有累及黄斑区的牵引性视网膜脱离的患者实施了巩膜切除术。在所有病例中，玻璃体切除术、膜切除术、分割术和分层术均被证明不足以使“萎缩”的视网膜活动起来。22例（63%）患者的视网膜脱离在眼后极区域至少部分得到了平复。由此获得的视力在6/24至1/60之间，与术前情况相比，约三分之一成功治疗的病例（8只眼）的视力有所提高。
