2015/09/15 by Katherine McVeigh, Johannes Keller, McVeigh, Katherine +3
Medicine · #610 Medical sciences #Corneal Surgery and Treatments #Intraocular Surgery and Lenses #Medicine #Retinal and Macular Surgery #retinal detachment #retinoschisis #transposition #vitrectomy
paper · doi:10.3205/oc000029
openalex publication_date 2015/09/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/19
OBJECTIVE: The authors have observed this phenomenon of translocation of the schisis cavity in a few previous cases and aim to report this unusual finding. METHOD: A patient with known superotemporal retinoschisis developed a distinctly separate inferotemporal retinal detachment in his left eye. This was repaired with a vitrectomy, cryotherapy and C2F6 tamponade under local anaesthetic. Following surgery, the retinoschisis was found in the inferonasal quadrant of the eye and remained stable as the gas dispersed. RESULT: We hypothesise that the tamponading agent compressed the viscous fluid within the area of schisis, displacing the area of schisis circumferentially. CONCLUSION: This case emphasises that as long as the retinal breaks are properly sealed, no intervention is required with the schisis during rhegmatogenous retinal detachment surgery.