Bilateral Simultaneous Retinal Detachment in Pseudophakia.
Cataract surgery is the most frequent surgical intervention, with approximately 700,000 operations per year in Germany alone. One of the most serious complications is retinal detachment, with a reported incidence rate of pseudophakic retinal detachment of 0.75-1.65%. We report the case of a patient who suffered from a simultaneous bilateral pseudophakic retinal detachment. Interestingly, the bilateral detachments in the left and the right eye started with only some hours' delay. He had no acute trigger for the retinal detachment and no risk factors besides the cataract surgery performed on both eyes some weeks earlier. Simultaneous bilateral retinal detachments will be more common, due to increasing numbers of cataract surgeries and the demographic development. We conclude that funduscopy should be regularly performed in mydriasis to avoid sight-threatening simultaneous bilateral retinal detachments.
Herzog Carl Theodor Eye Clinic, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
Patrick
P
Paquet
Herzog Carl Theodor Eye Clinic, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
Marie T
MT
Fischer
Herzog Carl Theodor Eye Clinic, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
Peter
P
Distelmaier
Herzog Carl Theodor Eye Clinic, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
Antje
A
Mammen
Herzog Carl Theodor Eye Clinic, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
Linda M
LM
Meyer
Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
Carl-Ludwig
CL
Schönfeld
Ablatio; Bilateral retinal detachment; Pseudophakia; Retinal detachment; Simultaneous retinal detachment