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A. URRETS-ZAVALIA, Jr., M.D.

AMA Arch Ophthalmol. 1959;62(1):97-98.

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In cases of separation of the retina where this membrane is considerably elevated, a correct estimate of the accuracy with which surface diathermy is applied may prove very difficult, for no mark will then show in the fundus. As failure to achieve a permanent sealing of the existing breaks—either by means of coagulation alone or with the aid of a scleral buckling—could then follow, the importance of proper detection and localization of the affected areas cannot be overemphasized.

Transillumination of the eye with a special electrode has been advocated by Strampelli⁴ as a valuablé addition to ordinary ophthalmoscopic control. The glowing tip of the instrument is moved on the sclera until a small clear spot is seen to reach the retinal tear; current is then turned on, whereby a brown-gray pilot mark will be left at precisely the right place. A similar instrument has been used by Amenábar,¹ in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Córdoba, Argentina

From the Ophthalmic Clinic, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Medical School.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Nov. 5, 1958.

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