Pseudophakia retinal detachment

ABSTRACT

Study the outcome of pseudophakic retinal detachment surgery. Setting: Retina service, Ophthalmology department, Salmaniya Medical Centre, Bahrain. Subjects and Design: Review of medical records of all patients who presented to our unit between July 1987 and June 1995. A total of 14 cases of pseudophakic retinal detachments were analysed. Simple technique of episcleral buckling was found to be adequate to repair the detachment in 85.7% of cases. Single procedure was successful in 78.6% of patients. 64.3% of the cases regained 6/18 or better vision after surgery. Conclusions: Overall outcome of this small series of patients was comparable to the reports in the literature. Patients should be made aware of the risk of postoperative retinal detachment and its warning signals. The number of patients of this disease is likely to increase in the future and upgrading of existing facilities is suggested