In our last video we showed you a primary buckle with a 276 segmental tire. In today’s episode we will review primary buckling with an encircling band. This patient is a young phakic myope without a PVD who has a slowly-progressive retinal detachment secondary to an inferotemporal atrophic hole. The patient has multiple areas of peripheral lattice degeneration and the decision was made to use an encircling band, not only to close the break, but also to support the vitreous base in the other areas of peripheral pathology. Let’s check out the video and at the end we will discuss some pros and cons of using an encircling band as a primary buckle.
