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Pars Plana Vitrectomy

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Definition

Surgical procedure to remove the vitreous or part thereof by accessing vitreous cave via pars plana.

Epidemiology

Formerly related to a large variety of serious complications, vitrectomy – especially small-gauge pars plana vitrectomy – has become a widely used technique for a large number of pathologies. To date approximately 200,000 vitrectomies are performed in the USA per year.

History

Robert Machemer first established pars plana vitrectomy as a single-port 19-gauge procedure in 1969. Using this technique, it was possible to remove part of the vitreous in case of vitreous opacities (Fabian and Moisseiev 2011). Further technical improvement established pars plana vitrectomy as a widely used technique for a large variety of pathologies. Nowadays pars plana vitrectomy is used for surgery of retinal detachment, of vitreous pathologies, and of vitreoretinal interface pathologies (such as macular pucker or macular hole formation).

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  • Recchia FM, Scott IU, Brown GC et al (2010) Small-gauge pars plana vitrectomy: a report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Ophthalmology 117:1851–1857

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Mathildenstraße 8, 80336, Munich, Germany

    Armin Wolf

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  1. Dept of Ophthal & Optometry,AKH, Medical University of Wien Dept of Ophthal & Optometry,AKH, Wien, Austria

    Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main Department of Ophthalmology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Thomas Kohnen

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Wolf, A. (2016). Pars Plana Vitrectomy. In: Schmidt-Erfurth, U., Kohnen, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35951-4_388-3

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