VT178 : Title: Plug it, shut it, and forget it.

Dr.Pradeep Sagar, Dr.Mahesh Shanmugam P, Dr.Rajesh Ramanjulu, Dr.Mishra Divyansh Kailashcandra

Medical grade absorbable gelatin sponge is used to achieve hemostasis during surgery. This video enumerates the use of gelatin sponge in vitreo-retinal surgeries.

This video describes the technique and outcome of

1. Plugging the hole in intercalary membrane in disc coloboma related retinal detachment.

2. Plugging the hole in a chorioretinal atrophic area in myopic retinal detachment.

3. Plugging the posterior scleral defect in a case of perforating injury.