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Scleral buckling with a noncontact wide-angle viewing system in the management of retinal detachment with undetected retinal break: a case report

Authors Kita M, Fujii Y, Kawagoe N, Hama S

Received 17 January 2013

Accepted for publication 15 February 2013

Published 21 March 2013 Volume 2013:7 Pages 587—589

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S42923

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Review by Single anonymous peer review

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Mihori Kita, Yukiko Fujii, Naoaki Kawagoe, Sachiyo Hama

Department of Ophthalmology, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan

Abstract: A young patient who showed rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with preoperatively undetected retinal break was successfully treated by scleral buckling using a noncontact wide-angle viewing system.

Keywords: retinal detachment, retinal breaks, scleral buckling, noncontact wide-angle viewing system

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