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1 From the Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Hospital; the 2 Paul-Flechsig Institute for Brain Research; and the 3 Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, Leipzig University, Germany.
PURPOSE. For macular translocation surgery, the native attached retina has to be detached either locally or completely. Although different surgical techniques are used, there is a general search for supporting procedures that facilitate and accelerate the retinal detachment.
METHODS. Pars plana vitrectomies were performed in pigmented rabbits. In all experimental groups, a local retinal detachment was created by infusing the test solution with a thin glass micropipette attached to a glass syringe. In control animals a standard balanced salt solution was used at room temperature, in combination with a standard vitrectomy light source. In two test groups, a calcium- and magnesium-free solution was used for the vitrectomy, under illumination by a standard light source in group I (solution at room temperature) and group II (solution heated up to body temperature). In group III the rabbits were dark-adapted for half an hour, and then, during surgery, a red filter was used in front of the light source (standard balanced salt solution at room temperature). After the rabbits were killed at the end of surgery, the adherence of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) to the neural retina in the detachment area was quantified microscopically, and the morphologic integrity of the detached retinal tissue was examined by light and electron microscopy. No electrophysiology was performed.
RESULTS. In all four groups, it was possible to detach the retina. The maximum adherence of the RPE cells to the neural retina was observed in the control group. Virtually no decrease in adherence was found in test group II (36°C solution without calcium and magnesium), whereas a significant decrease was seen in both group I (calcium- and magnesium-free solution at room temperature) and group III (dark adaptation–red light technique; standard balanced salt solution at room temperature). In none of the experimental groups was any obvious damage of the retinal structure observed, even after exposure to the test solutions for 60 minutes.
CONCLUSIONS. Both dark adaptation (red illumination) and the use of a calcium chloride– and magnesium chloride–free solution (at room temperature) can facilitate retinal detachment in macular translocation surgery. Both techniques are proposed as a gentle support for the operation, because they protect an intact RPE cell layer and do not cause retinal damage at the ultrastructural level.
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