Post-Pneumatic Retinopexy Endophthalmitis: Management of Infection and Persistent Retinal Detachment

Pneumatic retinopexy is an invasive procedure and requires all asepsis precautions to be followed, possibility of infective endophthalmitis to be kept in mind in clinical settings. This case report illustrates this important complication. A patient underwent pneumatic retinopexy to repair superior half retinal detachment caused by a single horseshoe-shaped tear. Two days later, he developed all signs of infective endophthalmitis. He was managed with intravitreal antibiotics and later vitreous surgery and gas tamponade to repair persistent retinal detachment. At one and half year of follow-up, his vision was 6/9, attached retina and no evidence of recurrence of infection.