No cataract two years after pneumatic retinopexy.
OBJECTIVE
This study was conducted to examine possible adverse effects on lens transparency caused by pneumatic retinopexy using sulfur hexafluoride gas.


METHODS
In a prospective study, both lenses of 33 patients undergoing pneumatic retinopexy in one eye were monitored up to 24 months postoperatively by slit-lamp examination and Scheimpflug photography.


RESULTS
Pneumatic retinopexy does not cause significant lens opacifications up to 2 years after surgery.


CONCLUSIONS
Temporary gas tamponade for pneumatic retinopexy is not associated with permanent changes in lens transparency.
Mougharbel
M
M
University Eye Hospital, Bonn, Germany.
Koch
F H
FH
Böker
T
T
Spitznas
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010781:Photography; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000601:surgery*; D013459:Sulfur Hexafluoride
D013459:Sulfur Hexafluoride