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H Lincoff

Publications and source records attributed to H Lincoff.

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Radial buckling in the repair of retinal detachment.

Experience with external sponge buckles for the treatment of retinal detachment has led to a preference for radial placement of the sponge. More retinal holes, particularly large horseshoe breaks, can be closed effectively with radially oriented buckles than with limbus parallel ones; limbus parallel buckles often were complicated by "fish-mouthing" of the breaks and leaking radial folds. A radial orientation of the buckle averts this complication. The geometry of retinal detachment and scleral buckling reveals the origin of "fish-mouthing" and radial folds and why radially oriented buckles prevent this complication.

Humans↗

Acute vitreous haemorrhage: a clinical report.

In the first hours after a vitreous haemorrhage dense enough to obscure the reina, the blood is usually confined to the posthyaloid space in an aqueous phase. Binocular occlusion and elevation provides sufficient immobilization of the eyes in nine out of 10 patients for the blood cells to settle to the bottom of the space and make the retina available for examination and repair. Blood enters the vitreous gel through holes that develop in the posterior hyaloid membrane. Blood in the gel does not settle and requires months to clear.

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Encircling operations without drainage of subretinal fluid.

An encircling constriction procedure has been added to the localized indentation operation. The inclusion of a cerclage does not in itself require drainage of subretinal fluid. Experiments were done in an animal model to determine the amount of constriction that would be tolerated by the eye without provoking a significant incidence of anterior segment ischemia or scleral erosion. From these experiments it was projected that the human eye might withstand a reduction in band length between 10 and 20% of its circumference without important morbidity. 119 patients were operated upon over six years with a cerclage constricted within these limits. Anterior segment ischemia occurred twice, scleral erosion not at all.

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