Pneumatic retinopexy: experience in southwest Oklahoma

Pneumatic retinopexy is a procedure which can be utilized as an alternative to scleral buckling to repair retinal detachment. It offers the advantages of being less invasive and is easily performed under local anesthesia on an outpatient basis. We enjoyed an initial success rate of reattachment in five of six eyes with this procedure. One case experienced late redetachment, and a subsequent case experienced early redetachment from development of new retinal breaks. Six cases were successfully reattached in one or two procedures, and all cases were reattached in three procedures. All patients experienced stable or improved vision with pneumatic retinopexy.