Treatment of retinal detachment using pneumatic retinopexy

A series of 46 eyes with idiopathic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, treated by pneumatic retinopexy has been reviewed. Of 46 eyes 8 were aphakic and 3 pseudophakic. In 4 eyes proliferative vitreoretinopathy was preoperatively present. Anatomic success was achieved in 59% of cases after follow-up of 6-26 months. With additional operations (conventional and/or vitrectomy) anatomical success rate was increased to 98%.