Abstract

In a previous paper I endeavored to call the attention of the medical profession to the Gonin procedure reputed to give better results than the methods hitherto used. At that time my experience was limited to ten cases. Since then I have operated on, or assisted other colleagues in operations on, sixty more patients. It is my purpose in this paper to report on experiences thus far acquired. The renewal of interest among ophthalmologists all over the world in the problem of detachments of the retina has brought out a few important facts that may serve as a starting point for more fruitful investigations. Some of these are: (1) In a group of cases the general condition has something to do with the occurrence of detachment of the retina; (2) in a large majority of cases there is a profound change in the colloidal status of the vitreous ; (3)

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