Aphakic retinal detachment

This study included 159 patients with aphakic retinal detachment [ARD] who were admitted to the Ophthalmic Department of Assiut University Hospital through a period of five years. Six patients had bilateral ARD. The type of cataract operation was intracapsular in 141 eyes and extracapsular in 24 eyes. Single retinal break was found in 17%, multiple breaks in 10% and in 28.5% no breaks could be detected. Conventional cryoretinopexy was performed in 124 eyes, vitrectomy in 10 eyes and 31 eyes were not operated upon