Spontaneous Reattachment of Recurrent Retinal Detachment Due to Post-operative Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy


Özal E., Özal S. A., Çınar A. C., Çınar A. K.

Retina-Vitreus, cilt.31, sa.3, ss.271-274, 2022 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.37845/ret.vit.2022.31.47
  • Dergi Adı: Retina-Vitreus
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EMBASE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.271-274
  • Trakya Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We describe a case of recurrent retinal detachment due to postoperative proliferative vitreoretinopathy and spontaneous reattachment. A 48-year-old male who had undergone right cataract surgery 6 months earlier in a different centre presented with bilateral vision deficiency. Fundus examination revealed bilateral rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. We performed pars plana vitrectomy of the right eye, with 16% perfluoropropane gas endotamponade and pneumatic retinopexy of the left eye, with sulphur hexafluoride gas used as the endotamponade agent. Proliferative vitreoretinopathy and recurrent retinal detachment of the right eye occurred 9 weeks postoperatively. The retina reattached spontaneously in approximately 4 weeks. This case demonstrates that the retina can reattach spontaneously within a few weeks after spontaneous separation of tractional forces in recurrent retinal detachment due to post-vitrectomy proliferative vitreoretinopathy.