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 | | Moreover, if the detached retina is separated too long from the pigment epithelium, which supplies essential nutrients, the neural cells in the retina die. |
 | | In 1920, two years after his initial discovery, Gonin reported that he had been able to cure a few people of retinal detachment, using a treatment he called "ignipuncture." The technique involved cauterizing the sclera (the eye's opaque outer layer) with a hot instrument and deliberately perforating it to allow the subretinal fluid to escape. |
 | | The operation had only a 53 percent success rate and was highly controversial. |
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