DR. YURI KASHIV

DR. SWARNA BISERIA GUPTA, DR. PURVI BARIA

Abstract

METHOD

160 EYES OF 80 PATIENTS STUDIED, 40 PATIENTS WITH FLOATERS ,FLASHES AND DOV. ALL THE SYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS UNDERGONE ROUTINE SLIT LAMP AND FUNDUS EXAMINATION BY DO AND IDO WITH SCLERAL DEPRESSION.

A CONTROL GROUP B OF 40 ASYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS EXAMINED AS IN GR A.

RESULT

50% EYES OF SYMPTOMATIC GR A REVEALED PERIPHERAL RETINAL HOLES, HORSESHOE TEAR, ACTIVE INFILTRATION AT PERIPHERY WHICH COULD NOT BE SEEN WITH IDO ALONE. 45% HAD POST. POLE PATHOLOGIES.

IN CONTROL GR B, 8 EYES HAD MYOPIC CHORIORETINAL AND LATTICE DEGENERATION WITH MULTIPLE HOLES ON SCLERAL DEPRESSION (NOT VISIBLE BY SIMPLE IDO). IN OUR STUDY 70% PATIENTS NOTICED PAIN DURING SCLERAL DEPRESSION

CONCLUSION

SCLERAL DEPRESSION MAXIMISE THE VISIBILITY OF RETINAL TEARS SITUATED AT PERIPHERAL RETINA, FACILITATE TO SEAL EVEN IT HELPS IN FINDING HIDDEN PATHOLOGIES IN ANT. RETINA ESPECIALLY PARSPLANITIS.