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This chapter is about lens-sparing vitrectomy for ROP disease. First the physiology of a neonate eye, the type of retinal detachment and the timing of surgery is explained and then the surgery is described step-by-step. Several videos are included.
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Insertion of trocars (WMV 13473Â kb)
Vitrectomy for ROP stage 4B RE (WMV 152806Â kb)
Vitrectomy for ROP stage 4A LE (WMV 190060Â kb)
Bilateral vitrectomy for ROP stage 4A and 4B (long audio) (WMV 75850 kb)
ROP stage 4B (very short) (WMV 4655Â kb)
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Spandau, U., Kim, S.J. (2019). Lens-Sparing Vitrectomy (LSV) for ROP Stage 4A and B. In: Pediatric Retinal Vascular Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13701-4_21
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