[Retinal detachment in experimental hemophthalmia].

Morphological analysis was used to demonstrate within 1 h to 3 1/5 years detachment of the retina in experimental simulation of hemophthalmia in rabbits induced by administering autoblood (0.1 to 1.2 ml) to the vitreous body. The results obtained might be related to the mechanical action of intravitreal hematoma on whose surface within the early period there take place release and thickening of vitreous body fibers leading to traction and displacement towards this zone of the vitreous body and retina. The process of organization occurring in the later phases stabilizes the initial mechanic shifts and makes them irreversible in large hematomas and small recurrent ones.