FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Proper positioning directly after surgery is key to preventing displacement when treating giant retinal tears, according to a speaker here.
At the Retina World Congress, Niels Crama, MD, FEBO, said that air is his first choice of tamponade but that he sometimes uses SF6 20% or silicone oil 5700 cs. Slippage can be avoided by performing position-guided fluid-air exchange during surgery.
Crama also said that it is important to remove the internal limiting membrane.
“I make sure that at the end when I remove the [perfluorocarbon liquid] that there’s just