vitrectomy

Doctors said that almost all of the injured whose eyes have been perforated by pellets need vitrectomies in a bid to salvage their vision but due to the huge number of people injured by pellets, at least 300 more are in waiting for the surgery.

In a retrospective case series study on 20G sutureless Vitrectomies by Sangeet Mittal et al on 53 eyes of 45 patients, 2 patients had post-operative hypotony and 2 patients required suturing at the end of the surgery.

During the study period, 124 vitrectomies were performed on 115 patients, 18 (15.

Approximately 200,000 vitrectomies are performed by retinal surgeons in the U.

Most of the studies on 20G/23G/25G Vitrectomies are from outside India, and there are very few studies on 23G Vitrectomy.

More than 500,000 vitrectomies are performed annually worldwide (more than 200,000 in the U.