Weinan Aier Eye Hospital Successfully Performed FCB Surgery, Providing a New Treatment for Patients with Retinal Detachment
Release time: Jul 30,2025
Postoperative examination showed that the retinal holes in the right eye were located on the indentation position and attached well, and the rest of the examination results were basically the same as before.
On July 24, the team led by Director Qin Haikui and Director Yu Xiaohong from Weinan Aier Eye Hospital, under the guidance of Professor Han Xiaodong, successfully performed a Foldable Capsular Buckle(FCB) implantation. The FCB was smoothly implanted in a patient with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, successfully reattaching the patient's detached retina. As the latest surgical method for treating rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, FCB implantation is a special type of scleral buckling surgery with minimally invasive properties and few complications. After the operation, patients can adopt a free posture, which greatly improves the overall surgical experience and provides a safer and more efficient surgical option for patients.
Overview of the Condition
The patient is a 13-year-old girl. She found that her right eye had a visual obstruction accompanied by vision loss a year ago, but she did not tell her parents nor pay attention to it. It was not until her vision gradually deteriorated, affecting her life and study, that she sought medical help. She has been highly myopic for 5 years. Her right eye, with a 700-degree lens correction, has a visual acuity of only 0.01, while her left eye, with a 900-degree correction, can reach 0.8. The parents, feeling anxious, came to Weinan Aier Eye Hospital after inquiring through various channels. Director Qin Haikui carefully examined and found that the child's right retina was detached, with four or five small round holes at the 10:30-12:00 position. The retinal elevation was not high, but the detachment range was quite large, and there were obvious subretinal proliferative bands. It was clearly a case of chronic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in the right eye.
Due to the large size of the patient's retinal holes, in the past, internal vitrectomy would have been performed in such cases. However, Director Qin considered that the child was young, and internal vitrectomy has many complications and great damage. After filling with silicone oil, the patient would need to lie in a prone position and later have the silicone oil removed, which would affect her life. Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, he chose a surgical method with good results, minimal damage, quick recovery, few complications, and which would not affect her studies - FCB implantation.
On July 24, Director Qin's team performed right eye FCB implantation for her, and finally successfully completed retinal reattachment. Two days later, laser photocoagulation was performed on the right eye's retinal holes. Postoperative examination showed that the retinal holes in the right eye were located on the indentation position and attached well, and the rest of the examination results were basically the same as before. The patient's family was satisfied with the postoperative effect. The director reminded that if there is any discomfort in the eyes, one should go to the hospital for examination immediately, and not delay to avoid affecting timely diagnosis and treatment.
Postoperative examination showed that the retinal holes in the right eye were located on the indentation position and attached well, and the rest of the examination results were basically the same as before.
