Pseudophakic retinal detachment

SummaryPars plana vitrectomy alone or combined with scleral buckling and scleral buckling are effective methods for repairing pseudophakic retinal detachments (PRDs). The currently available literature points to no compelling difference in single surgery or final anatomic success rates between those techniques.The considerable improvements of the vitrectomy tools have created an increasing interest for their use as an initial procedure for the management of (PRDs). There is little evidence to support the routine addition of a scleral buckle to pars plana vitrectomy. Combined vitrectomy and scleral buckle results to an added operative time, greater postoperative (and sometimes intraoperative) discomfort, the induced refractive error and the potential for other buckle‐related complications.Pars plana vitrectomy alone, allows the avoidance of complications associated with scleral buckles and at this time seems to be the procedure of choice for pseudophakic retinal detachment.