Primary Vitrectomy With Endolaser or Encircling Band for Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment

Primary Vitrectomy Combined With 360° Endolaser or Encircling Band for Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment (V.E.E. Study)

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00757536

Enrollment

Registered

2008-09-23

Start date

2006-05-31

Completion date

2012-12-31

Last updated

2016-01-26

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Conditions

Encircling Band, Endolaser Treatment, Primary Vitrectomy, Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment

Keywords

Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, primary vitrectomy, encircling band, endolaser treatment

Brief summary

Comparing primary PPV with 360° endolaser photocoagulation with primary PPV with an encircling band for patients with RRDs.

Detailed description

published

Interventions

PROCEDUREEncircling Band

ppVE and encircling band

PROCEDUREEndolaser Photocoagulation

ppVE and endolaser photocoagulation

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with or without macula-off detachment phakic or pseudophakic eyes * Multiple breaks, inferior and posterior located breaks or unclear hole formation * Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) stage A and B

Exclusion criteria

* Previous retinal detachment surgery * Giant tears * PVR stage C * Age less than 18 years

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Retinal redetachment rate	6 months

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Surgery-related complications, patients' comfort, refractive change, visual acuity and optical coherence tomography.	6 months

Countries

Austria

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026