Fibrinogen and detached retina with or without proliferation.

Purpose: Fibrinogen is a multifunctional molecule, participating in processes such as wound healing, inflammation and cell proliferation. Therefore a comparative study of plasma fibrinogen levels was performed on patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) and proliferative vitreoretinopathy after RRD (PVR).

Method: Plasma fibrinogen levels were measured preoperatively in three groups of patients; twenty-two (n=22) patients from the ORL department of our hospital, serving as a control group; twenty-eight (n=28) patients with RRD; and twenty (n=20) patients with PVR after RRD.