[Preventive laser treatment of tractional symptomatic retinal flap tears: long-term outcomes].
V A ShaimovaT B ShaimovE V BoikoErnest Vitalievich BoikoA S ZarezinaT G KravchenkoA Yu GalinS K KuchkildinaT A ShaimovaG V AksenfeldA V FominPublished in: Vestnik oftalmologii (2020)
Follow-up of tractional symptomatic flap tears for 5 years after preventive laser retinopexy revealed the appearance of retinal detachment in 2.5% of cases. Laser retinotomy of horseshoe tear after barrier retinopexy eliminated the traction component and helped prevent the development of RRD.