EFFECTIVITY OF PNEUMATIC RETINOPEXY PROCEDURE IN PRIMARY RHEGMATOGENOUS RETINAL DETACHMENT (RRD

• Published in: IJRETINA (International Journal of Retina) (Online) Vol. 3; no. 2
• Main Authors: Soedarman, Soefiandi, Sjamsoe, Soedarman, Girsang, Waldensius, Elvioza, Elvioza, Agustiawan, Referano, Adriono, Gitalisa Andayani
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Journal of Retina 03.09.2020
• ISSN: 2614-8684; 2614-8536
• DOI: 10.35479/ijretina.2020.vol003.iss002.116

Aim : To evaluate the effectiveness of pneumatic retinopexy (PR) for repair of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) with respect to single operation success (SOS) and best corrected visual acuity (BCVA). Method : This retrospective review comprised 8 eyes with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with superior break that undergone pneumatic retinopexy as the initial procedure between 2009-2014 at Jakarta Eye Center, Indonesia. Result : The mean age of subjects was 49 ± 14.35 years. Four subjects (50%) had Single operation had only done success after 6 months of observation. The eyes that failed single procedure underwent vitrectomy and silicon oil tamponade.  Subjects that only done single procedure had better BCVA (0.01 ± 1,3 logMAR) compare to subjects that done secondary procedure (0.3 ± 0.42 logMAR) after 6 months of observation. Conclusion : Pneumatic retinopexy is still an effective procedure for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with superior breaks although in our study the single operation success was 50%.