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A 30 G “POSTERIOR CHAMBER MAINTAINER” FOR PREVENTION OF TRANSIENT HYPOTONY DURING SCLEROTOMY CLOSURE AT THE CONCLUSION OF 3-PORT PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY

Trippiedi, Andrew W. BS^*,†; Gutman, Justin MD^†

^*Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Nutley, New Jersey

^†Retina Center of New Jersey, Bloomfield, New Jersey

Reprint requests: Justin Gutman, MD, Retina Center of New Jersey, 1255 Broad Street, #104 Bloomfield, NJ 07003; e-mail: [email protected]

Justin Gutman, MD holds the patent for the posterior chamber maintainer. None of the other authors have any proprietary interests or conflicts of interest related to this submission.

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Retina 43(6):p 1047-1049, June 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000003788

In Brief

We investigated the use of a novel device, the ‘Posterior Chamber Maintainer’, during wound closure on patients undergoing repeat vitrectomies. The device was safe and effective in preventing hypotony. Without the PC Maintainer, 88% of repeat PPVs encounter transient hypotony compared with 0% when the device was used.