This is a report of a 45-year-old woman treated with pneumatic retinopexy for a macula-sparing retinal detachment. During the procedure, an anterior chamber paracentesis was performed, and the anterior lens capsule was punctured leaving a focal, peripheral cataract. The patient was observed for 2 years without progression of cataract or signs of ocular inflammation.
ModiYSEpsteinAFlynnHWJrShiWSmiddyWE. Outcomes and complications of pneumatic retinopexy over a 12-year period. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2014;45(2):132–137.
2.
TornambePEHiltonGF. Pneumatic retinopexy. A multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial comparing pneumatic retinopexy with scleral buckling. The Retinal Detachment Study Group. Ophthalmology. 1989;96(6):772–783; discussion 784.
HiltonGFTornambePE. Pneumatic retinopexy. An analysis of intraoperative and postoperative complications. The Retinal Detachment Study Group. Retina. 1991;11(3):285–294.
5.
HanDPMohsinNCGuseCEHartzATarkanianCN. Comparison of pneumatic retinopexy and scleral buckling in the management of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Southern Wisconsin Pneumatic Retinopexy Study Group. Am J Ophthalmol. 1998;126(5):658–668.
6.
FreemanWRLipsonBKMorganCMLiggettPE. New posteriorly located retinal breaks after pneumatic retinopexy. Ophthalmology. 1988;95(1):14–18.
7.
AbeciaEPinillaIOlivanJMLarrosaJMPoloVHonrubiaFM. Anatomic results and complications in a long-term follow-up of pneumatic retinopexy cases. Retina. 2000;20(2):156–161.
8.
DesatnikHAlhalelATreisterGMoisseievJ. Management of persistent loculated subretinal fluid after pneumatic retinopexy. Br J Ophthalmol. 2001;85(2):189–192.
9.
TanCShWeeKZawMDLimTH. Anterior chamber gas bubble following pneumatic retinopexy in a young, phakic patient. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2011;39(3):276–277.
10.
McDonaldHRAbramsGWIrvineAR. The management of subretinal gas following attempted pneumatic retinal reattachment. Ophthalmology. 1987;94(4):319–326.
11.
BakerSRHainsworthDP. Suprachoroidal gas as a complication of pneumatic retinopexy. Retina. 2000;20(2):224–225.
VoteBJButteryRPolkinghornePJ. Endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of frozen preprepared tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) for pneumatic displacement of submacular hemorrhage. Retina. 2004;24(5):808–809.
14.
FengHAdelmanRA. Cataract formation following vitreoretinal procedures. Clin Ophthalmol. 2014;8:1957–1965.
15.
AbeTNakajimaANakamuraHIshikawaMSakuragiS. Intraocular pressure during pneumatic retinopexy. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers. 1998;29(5):391–396.
16.
TrivediDDennistonAKMurrayPI. Safety profile of anterior chamber paracentesis performed at the slit lamp. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2011;39(8):725–728.
17.
CarnahanMCPlattLW. Serial paracenteses in the management of acute elevations of intraocular pressure. Ophthalmology. 2002;109(9):1604–1606.
18.
Van der LelijARothovaA. Diagnostic anterior chamber paracentesis in uveitis: a safe procedure?Br J Ophthalmol. 1997;81(11):976–979.
