The authors relate an uncommon complication of retinopexy with encircling scleral buckle employing Arruga Suture, that has evolved to scleral erosion and intraocular damage.
Intrascleral erosion post retinopexy surgery with Arruga surgery
DamascenoEF, DamascenoNAP, HorowitzSA, Amaral FilhoOMB. Intrascleral erosion post retinopexy surgery with Arruga surgery. Rev Bras Oftalmol. 2008;67(1):42-4.
Damasceno,Eduardo de França; Damasceno,Nadyr Antonia Pereira; Horowitz,Soraya Alessandra; Amaral Filho,Octavio Moura Brasil do. Intrascleral erosion post retinopexy surgery with Arruga surgery. Rev Bras Oftalmol., v. 67, n. 1, p. 42-44, Feb. 2008.
Damasceno,E.F., Damasceno,N.A.P., Horowitz,S.A., & Amaral Filho,O.M.B. (2008). Intrascleral erosion post retinopexy surgery with Arruga surgery. Rev Bras Oftalmol.,67(1), 42-44.
Damasceno,Eduardo de França and Damasceno,Nadyr Antonia Pereira and Horowitz,Soraya Alessandra and Amaral Filho,Octavio Moura Brasil do. Intrascleral erosion post retinopexy surgery with Arruga surgery. Rev Bras Oftalmol. [online]. 2008, vol. 67, n. 1, [cited 2026-03-07], pp.42-44. Available from: <https://www.rbojournal.org/en/article/intrascleral-erosion-post-retinopexy-surgery-with-arruga-surgery/>. ISSN 0034-7280.
