Post by Scienceman on May 14, 2005 6:27:28 GMT -5
See the doctors respons below:
Dear eyefloaters information center,
I perform 25G vitrectomy for floaters with great succes. Until now I do not have any complication and the patient outcome is
excellent. Anyway a vitrectomy has the generic risk of retinal detachment
and endophthalmitis. I believe that with this new technique these risks are
lower than using the 20 ga, but this must be proved with a large number of
eyes. until now I performed about 100 vitrectomies for different pathologies
with 25 ga without any complication. Lucky???
regards
Fabio Patelli
Fabio Patelli, MD
ROME:
director vitreoretinal service
Villa Tiberia Clinic
via E. Praga, 26 00137 Rome
MILAN:
"Retina Research Center"
Carones Ophthalmology Center
via Pietro Mascagni, 20
20122 Milan
Dear eyefloaters information center,
I perform 25G vitrectomy for floaters with great succes. Until now I do not have any complication and the patient outcome is
excellent. Anyway a vitrectomy has the generic risk of retinal detachment
and endophthalmitis. I believe that with this new technique these risks are
lower than using the 20 ga, but this must be proved with a large number of
eyes. until now I performed about 100 vitrectomies for different pathologies
with 25 ga without any complication. Lucky???
regards
Fabio Patelli
Fabio Patelli, MD
ROME:
director vitreoretinal service
Villa Tiberia Clinic
via E. Praga, 26 00137 Rome
MILAN:
"Retina Research Center"
Carones Ophthalmology Center
via Pietro Mascagni, 20
20122 Milan