Retinal dialysis: are we missing diagnostic opportunities?
Patients with history of trauma often present at the time or soon after their injury (eg hyphaema, orbital fractures). Thus, an opportunity exists to screen patients for known sequelae of trauma such as retinal dialysis and angle recession. It was disappointing to learn that this opportunity was not always being utilized, with some patients consequently developing macula-off retinal detachments and potential for reduced visual outcome.
Genetically modified animal models and diverse behavioural assessments would have been helpful to solidify our conclusions.