Treatment of Retinal Detachments by Pneumatic Retinopexy.

Kim, Tae Yon; Kwon, Oh Woong; Kim, Yong Ran

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1988;29(4):689-695.
Published online April 1, 1988.

Treatment of Retinal Detachments by Pneumatic Retinopexy.

Tae Yon Kim, Oh Woong Kwon, Yong Ran Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

기체 망막 고정술로 치료한 망막박리 7 예에 대한 임상적 고찰

김태연(Tae Yon Kim),권오웅(Oh Woong Kwon),김용란(Yong Ran Kim)

Abstract

Pneumatic retinopexy is a recently described procedure to treat the uncomplicated retinal detachment. The procedure of pneumatic retinopexy is composed of cryotherapy (or laser photocoagulation), intraocular gas injection and postoperative positioning. The advantages of pneumatic retinopexy are less tissue trauma, no hospitalization and minimal complication. For these reasons it is more and more popular, but further studies are needed to assess its ultimate safety and efficacy. The authors experienced 7 cases of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment treated with pneumatic retinopexy, from September, 1987 to March, 1988. Four cases of the retinal detachment were successfully reattached after pneumatic retinopexy. In the other 3 cases, new retinal tear and detachment were found after pneumatic retinopexy, which were successfully repaired with the conventional scleral buckling procedure.