Evaluation of the (Baha) technique of scleral indentation using a self-retained scleral indenter during vitrectomy surgery: a randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The current study compared a novel technique of scleral indentation using the self-retaining Leyla retractor to the conventional scleral self-indentation with the chandelier light.

Methods

Patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment were randomized on a 1:1 basis to either have the (Baha) indentation using a tip of a thimble scleral indenter welded to the support for the Leyla retractor system or to have the conventional scleral indentation while using a 25-gauge chandelier light. A video was recorded for the surgery of all the cases and reviewed by another consultant masked to the type of indentation. The indentation duration (i.e., the time in seconds between the first appearance of a hump due to scleral indentation in the recorded video until its final disappeara

SUBMITTER: El Baha S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10874340 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature