Often patients presenting to casualty with symptomatic PVD have two fundal examinations, separated by 5 or 6 weeks. As the frequency of retinal breaks developing in the 6 weeks after symptomatic PVD is unclear, the aim of this prospective study was to determine the frequency of retinal breaks in patients with symptomatic PVD 1 and 6 weeks after presentation, with the same vitreo-retinal fellow examining at each visit.
Materials and methodsPatients who presented to the eye casualty with symptoms of PVD were examined by senior house officers or specialist registrar trainees. Slit-lamp biomicroscopy with a 78 D lens, Eye (1999) 13,237-240
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